Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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406. To ask the Minister for Health the funding he has allocated to disability services for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15378/16]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The Estimates for 2016 made provision for expenditure of €1.56 billion for the Disability Services Programme.The quantum of service to be provided for this funding, together with key deliverables and priorities, is outlined in the Health Service Executive's National Service Plan for 2016.

Additional funding of €31 million is also being provided, over and above the funding provided in the National Service Plan, for the following:

- €28 million to address existing financial pressures arising from on-going service improvement, including costs incurred from compliance with national residential standards, services provided to meet the changing needs of people with disabilities, and the provision of emergency residential places.

- €3 million in 2016 for new initiatives, including an additional provision for services to meet the need of school leavers with disabilities and the anticipated cost of a number of emergency residential placements arising this year.