Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Discussions are ongoing between my Department and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in preparation for the upcoming transfer. My officials are examining the entire Vote to ensure all funding appropriate to Specialist Community Based Disability services is captured. There has been significant progress in identifying the relevant funding, though some of the detail remains to be finalised and agreed with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. This includes administration costs, staff costs, capital allocations, other Departmental allocations as well as the funding provided directly to the HSE. Only funding that has been allocated to the function transferring to another Department in the year that the transfer occurs is considered. Future funding is a matter for the receiving department