Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding home care cash grant reduction in the Bray area, County Wicklow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51291/12]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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The HSE has a statutory responsibility to live within the budget voted to it by the Oireachtas. In this context, the HSE recently developed a range of measures to reduce expenditure overall to the end of the current year.

As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.