Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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980. To ask the Minister for Health if disability funding being administered by the HSE will be reassigned to the new Department of children and disability for distribution in view of the reassignment of the disability portfolio from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15671/20]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Health is engaging closely with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs about the legal transfer of functions to the new Department of Children, Disability, Equality and Integration in line with the “Transfer of Functions Guidelines and Best Practice Handbook” produced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. As part of that engagement, a member of the Department’s Management Board has been assigned to lead a working group to manage discussions with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs on the relevant functions, budgets, staffing, records, assets and other relevant matters as encompassed by the legal Transfer of Functions. It is anticipated that the disability services currently funded by the Vote of the Department of Health and administered by the HSE will form part of that discussion.