Margaret Murphy O'Mahony (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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100. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no provision was made in the 2018 HSE Service Plan for an increase in personal assistant hours for adults with a physical and or sensory disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17104/18]

Finian McGrath (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) is committed to protecting the level of Personal Assistant services available to persons with disabilities.

In the 2018 National Service Plan, the HSE's priority is to provide 1.46 million hours of personal assistance to more than 2,000 people with a disability, representing an increase of 60,000 hours over the 2017 target of 1.4 million hours.

As the Deputy's question related to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy.