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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 7 Nov 1996

Vol. 471 No. 3

Written Answers. - Mental Handicap Services.

Joe Costello

Question:

22 Mr. Costello asked the Minister for Health when the five year plan for addressing the needs of the mentally handicapped will be published; if funding for year one of the plan will be provided in the 1997 Book of Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20665/96]

Work on the five year plan for the development of services to persons with a mental handicap is well advanced. I expect to be in a position to publish the plan later this year.

As discussions on overall health expenditure in 1997 are on-going, I am not in a position to comment at this stage on any particular area of expenditure.

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