I understand from the Southern Health Board that following the dissolution of the National Rehabilitation Board in June 2000, the responsibility for the provision of community audiology services throughout the regions was assigned initially to the Northern Area Health Board of the ERHA pending each health board taking over direct responsibility for the services within its own region.
My Department has been advised by the Northern Area Health Board that a reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 206 and 207 of 11 December 2001 will issue shortly.