In 2003 additional funding amounting to €1.6 billion was allocated to the South Eastern Health Board to meet the full year costs associated with the 2002 developments in services for people with intellectual disability or autism. This included €450,000 for health related support services for children with autism and those with intellectual disability. In July this year €783,000, with a full year cost in 2004 of €1.46 million, was made available to services to persons with intellectual disability and those with autism to meet costs associated with emergency residential placements and the provision of day services, with a particular emphasis on young adults who left school this year.