Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 October 2004
164 Mr. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if sufficient funding and facilities exist or are proposed to meet the needs of the parents and friends of special needs children and young adults in County Kildare with particular reference to training, respite, long term care and other support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26609/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraResponsibility for the provision of funding for services including training, respite, long term care and other support services, for persons with an intellectual disability and those with autism in the County Kildare area is a matter, in the first instance, for the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply directly to him.
