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Mr. McGrady
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what additional resources the Government will allocate to health and social services in order that provision can be made for training of hearing therapists.
Mr. Hanley
Funding for in-service training is met from within the resources allocated to health and social services boards each year. Over £1 billion has been allocated to the health and personal social services in Northern Ireland this year which should allow board, s to meet the cost of training hearing therapists.