183 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children if, further to a previous parliamentary question on the matter, progress has been made on the provision of a rehabilitation unit for stroke and accident victims in the Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9008/07]

My Department is currently examining the development of a rehabilitation action plan for people with disabilities including those with stroke and accident victims.

In the last two years the Health Service Executive (HSE), and the voluntary sector funded by the HSE, have undertaken specific actions in regard to service provision for stroke and accident victims such as the expansion of neurological services and the planned development of the rehabilitation capacity in the National Rehabilitation Hospital and Merlin Park Hospital. The issue of service planning and provision for stroke and accident victims has been, and continues to be a matter for discussion and examination between my Department and the HSE.