Emmet Stagg
Question:215 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the 20% cut in real terms in the home help service in the South-Western Area Health Board in 2003 means that persons who availed of the service in 2002 and were judged to require the service have had that service withdrawn, even though the board knows that these persons require the service; if he will issue an instruction to the board that the service should be reinstated to those who have suffered from the cutbacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26988/03]
