Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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190. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the prospective funding model for palliative care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48736/14]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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In line with recommendations contained in Future Health - A Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012 - 2015, the HSE is currently working on a Prospective Funding Model for Palliative Care which will assist in integrating and accounting for palliative care across all funding streams and delivery models.

An Expert Group on Prospective Funding in Palliative Care was established in May 2012 to produce a report with recommendations about the development of this Prospective Funding Model for the consideration of the HSE and the Department of Health. The Group is chaired by Professor Charles Normand, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Trinity College Dublin.

Due to complexities in data collection and analysis, the production of the report has been delayed. However, the report is in the final stages of drafting, with public consultation planned for Q1 2015 and submission to the Department of Health by start Q2 2015.