Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 199: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of the additional €50 million Budget 2008 allocation to disability services that will be devoted to mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35937/07]

Jimmy Devins (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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As part of the Multi Annual Investment Programme under the Disability Strategy, the Government provided the Health Service Executive with an additional €50m investment which was announced in the 2008 Budget. This funding included monies for the continuation of the implementation of the transfer of persons with intellectual disability from psychiatric hospitals and other inappropriate placements.

Development of mental health services will continue in 2008 using the additional investment made in recent years. This will include the further development of services in the area of child and adolescent psychiatry.