Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 332: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a reply will issue from the Health Service Executive to Parliamentary Question Nos. 60 and 61 of 29 May 2008. [27099/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department understands from the HSE that a reply issued to the Deputy on the 4th July, 2008.

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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Question 333: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason funding is not being made available from the Health Service Executive to a person (details supplied) in County Dublin in order for them to take up a place offered to him at a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27100/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Multi Annual Investment Programme for Disability Services makes provision for the development of additional residential, respite places and day care places each year between 2006 and 2009 for people with Intellectual Disability and Autism and additional residential care and home support services for people with physical and sensory disabilities. Some €50m was provided to the Health Service Executive (HSE) in 2008 to fund a range of additional services under the Multi Annual Investment Programme for Disability.

As the Deputy will be aware, the commencement of the planned developments in disability services this year had been delayed due to a financial review in the HSE. However, I am pleased to be able to inform the Deputy that the HSE has assured me that it is now in a position to roll out the planned developments as outlined in its 2008 Service Plan.

Planned services include additional residential, day care — including training places — and respite care places for people with intellectual disability and autism; additional residential care and home support services for people with physical and sensory disabilities; and additional multi-disciplinary therapy posts to provide assessment and ongoing intervention services to children with a disability.

I understand that the HSE hopes to be able to finalise the position in relation to the commencement of such developments over the next week.

My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the specific matter raised by the Deputy investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.