Michael Noonan
Question:129 Mr. Noonan asked the Minister for Health and Children his views on whether the allocations in respect of drugs for psychiatric patients by the health boards are adequate in view of the fact that major advances in treatment of schizophrenia have been made, with more effective expensive medications being used to replace older antipsychotics; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to inadequate budgets psychiatrists are not prescribing the newer safer antidepressants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/98]