Deirdre Clune
Ceist:234 Ms Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children when the Government will establish a fund for the provision of permanent personal assistance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/00]
Vol. 526 No. 6
234 Ms Clune asked the Minister for Health and Children when the Government will establish a fund for the provision of permanent personal assistance services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27289/00]
The establishment of an independent living fund has been proposed by the Centre for Independent Living as a means of funding a personal assistance service.
The personal assistance service is part of a range of support services for people with physical and sensory disabilities designed to enable them to live in the community with the maximum possible degree of independence. My policy is to develop the range of services as a whole in accordance with the recommendations of the report of the review group on health and personal social services for people with physical and sensory disabilities, Towards an Independent Future.