25 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether, as a matter of policy, it is preferable that children with severe disabilities are looked after in the family home as opposed to an acute children’s ward of a hospital and that the average annual cost to the State of such home care provision is a fraction of the cost of hospital maintenance and that in this situation it also makes economic sense to support the services provided by such as a foundation (details supplied) which is facilitating such a policy. [6649/10]

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25 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children her views on whether, as a matter of policy, it is preferable that children with severe disabilities are looked after in the family home as opposed to an acute children’s ward of a hospital and that the average annual cost to the State of such home care provision is a fraction of the cost of hospital maintenance and that in this situation it also makes economic sense to support the services provided by such as a foundation (details supplied) which is facilitating such a policy. [6649/10]

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