Brian Walsh (Galway West, Fine Gael)
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Question 590: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for the provision of crisis pregnancy support accommodation in Galway city, which was discontinued last year, in view of the fact that similar important services are provided in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Waterford [35549/11]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The HSE Crisis Pregnancy Programme has advised me that funding for the Galway crisis pregnancy support accommodation service ceased at the request of its Board in 2011. Moreover, the Programme has confirmed that additional funding is not required for services operating in this area at this juncture. The Programme has undertaken a national review of supported accommodation services for women during and after crisis pregnancy, and the findings from this review indicate that services have capacity to take on additional clients if required. Uptake figures show that demand for supported accommodation of this nature has fallen off substantially since the research was commissioned in 2010. The Programme intends to publish the final report on the review of services, entitled 'Review of Supported Accommodation Services for Women During and After Pregnancy', in the near future.