James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she has commenced work on a national dementia strategy; the date this strategy will be completed; the estimated cost to implement this strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3937/11]

Áine Brady (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Health & Children has started the process of developing a policy on dementia that will support the delivery of long-term care services having regard to future demographic trends and the consequential increase in demand for long-term care. This policy will be developed on the basis of the best evidence available from national and international sources.

Officials in the Department have engaged with relevant stakeholder groups on the first stage of the process which is to assemble a report containing the research and evidence upon which the policy will be developed. I expect to receive this in 2011, at which stage work on the policy will formally commence.

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Question 263: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the status of the national rehabilitation strategy; when this strategy will be published; when an implementation plan will be agreed; if it forms part of the Health Service Executive Service plan for 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3938/11]