Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 December 2004
132 Mr. Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if funding was made available to her Department in budget 2005 to fund the setting up of an out of hours doctors co-operative in north Cork; and if provision has been made, when funding will become available. [33402/04]
View answerThe letters of determination giving details of their funding allocations for 2005 have been issued to health boards. Funding in respect of out of hours was included in these amounts. It should be noted that decisions on the areas for expansion within a particular board of any service, including out of hours services, are made by the chief executive officer of the board bearing in mind a range of issues, including priority, service provision requirements and funding available.
