David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 523: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the budget that her Department is making available to the Health Service Executive in 2009 to enable the employment of personal assistants for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2237/09]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) National Service Plan for 2009, provides in excess of €1.5 billion for the provision of specialist disability services in 2009. The National Service Plan makes provision for 3.2 million hours of personal assistance services for people with a disability in 2009. This represents the same level of service from 2008 and an increase of 200,000 hours since 2007.