Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans arising from a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53433/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Responsibility for policy decisions in this area are the responsibility of the Minister for Health.

The Deputy is referring to a paper, titled ‘Disability and Special Education Related Expenditure’, which was prepared by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service in the context of the Spending Review 2017 and was published in October. This was a cross-vote analysis of disability related expenditure across the Health, Education and Social Protection Votes. The Health chapter outlines the trend in Disability spend in recent years and highlights the substantial increase in funding that the service area has received since 2014. The paper identifies the main expenditure areas and provides some commentary on the way in which disability services are currently provided. This type of analysis helps to inform and encourage debate on key policy areas.