David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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1487. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the immediate funding need for dementia-specific day care services provided by a society (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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It is a matter for the Health Service Executive to identify the need for dementia-specific day care services and to make appropriate service arrangements for the delivery of such services to meet identified needs. In this context, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly on the question of the immediate funding need for dementia-specific day care services.

More broadly, the provision of funding to respond to the ongoing need for dementia-specific day care services is a matter for consideration in the forthcoming Estimates process.