Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 March 2004
375 Mr. Stanton asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money allocated by his Department in 2003 and 2004 to directly fund services for persons with disabilities and the amount of money allocated to enabling persons with disabilities to more easily access services of his Department. [8645/04]
View answerThe following amounts of additional revenue funding have been made available to the health boards by my Department in 2003 and 2004 for the provision of health services for people with disabilities: 2003, €57.58 million; and 2004, €34 million. This is ongoing funding and will remain available to the health boards for the provision of such services.
