Written answers

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Department of Health and Children

Mental Health Services

9:00 pm

Photo of Billy TimminsBilly Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 315: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48261/09]

Photo of John MoloneyJohn Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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In 2008, €50m in additional funding was allocated to HSE as part of that years allocation under the Multi-Annual Investment Programme 2006-2009. This funding given in the Budget was to meet the costs associated with a range of elements in the Multi-Annual Investment Programme. The Health Service Executive proposed to allocate the funding as follows: Services for Persons with Intellectual Disability and those with Autism Residential/ Community Care

200 additional residential places.

Day Care

467 additional day places.

Respite Care

53 additional respite places.

Services for Persons with Physical or Sensory Disabilities

Residential Care

80 additional residential places.

PA/ Home Support hours

200,000 additional PA/ Home Support hours

Disability Act

This will create 140 additional multidisciplinary team posts to provide assessment and ongoing intervention services to children with a disability and in particular with reference to the implementation of the Disability Act, 2005.

However during 2008, the HSE indicated that due to delayed start to some of these developments, it envisaged spending just €33m (out of the allocated €50m) in 2008. The remaining €17m was included in this Department's budgetary consolidation savings measures announced in the Dail in July 2008. In 2009, the full €50m was available to HSE as the full year costs of implementing the measures announced in the 2008 budget for the provision of disability services. As the remainder of the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

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