Róisín Shortall
Ceist:136 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 27 January 1999 the assistance, if any, available to chronically sick patients, particularly young patients, in need of long-term care who cannot be accommodated in health board facilities; if he will introduce subvention or other similar benefits to assist them to pay for this privately in the absence of this support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3022/99]