COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 09, 2009

MOTION NO.3

MOTION: Councillor E. Tuffy

That this Council supports the demand of the Disability Federation of Ireland that the Government and the Health Services Executive provide adequate monies for the funding of disability and mental health services, specifically that the Government cancels the proposed 1% cut proposed in Budget 2009, that the HSE restore the 1% cut being implemented in 2008 and re-assign the €70 million redirected by it in 2007 and 2008 back to disability and mental health, and that the Government puts in place measures to ensure that the HSE cannot unilaterally remove disability and mental health funding allocated to it by Government, and requests the Manager to write to the Ministers for Finance and Health and Children and the Chief Executive Officer of the HSE conveying the views of this Council.

REPORT:

If the motion is passed the Members' views will be conveyed to the Ministers for Finance and Health & Children, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Health Service Executive.