David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of assisted living hours and the number of new hours allocated by the Health Service Executive in 2007 and to date in 2008 respectively in each HSE area; the expenditure on assisted living hours each year respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44844/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In the 2008 Budget, €50m was provided to the Health Service Executive (HSE) to fund a range of additional services under the Multi Annual Investment Programme for people with a disability, including 200,000 additional personal assistant/home support hours. The Health Service Executive will provide a total of 3.2 million hours of personal assistant/home support this year to people with a disability.

The HSE's National Service Plan for 2009 proposes to provide 3.2 million hours of personal assistant/home support to people with a disability. As the Deputy's questions relate to service matters I have arranged for the questions to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.