Ned O'Keeffe
Question:129 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if transportation can be made available to transfer a person (details supplied) from Dublin to a hospital in Cork. [10924/04]
View answerWednesday, 7 April 2004
Questions (135, 136, 137, 138)
Written answers
Responsibility for the provision of hospital services to residents of County Cork is a matter for the Southern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to reply to the Deputy directly in relation to the issue raised.
Ned O'Keeffe
Question:130 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to ensure that a service (details supplied) continues to be provided at Cork University Hospital. [10925/04]
View answerProvision of the specific services referred to by the Deputy is a matter for the Southern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to reply to the Deputy directly in relation to the issue raised.
Paul McGrath
Question:131 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children when the dialysis unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, was set up; the cost of setting up the unit; the training that was undertaken by staff for the unit; the number of staff appointed to run the unit and their grades; when the unit became operational; the number of persons who utilise the unit weekly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10926/04]
View answerResponsibility for the provision of services at the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore rests with the Midland Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to examine the issues raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.
Paul McGrath
Question:132 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals in which there are dialysis units; and the doctor complement in each of the units. [10927/04]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy concerning the location of dialysis units is outlined in the following table:
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Health Board/Authority |
Hospital |
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Eastern Regional Health Authority |
Beaumont Hospital; Mater Hospital; St. Vincent’s University Hospital; Adelaide & Meath Hospital incorporating the National Children's Hospital at Tallaght; St. James's Hospital (acute only); Children's University Hospital, Temple Street. |
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Mid-Western Health Board |
Limerick Regional Hospital. |
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North Eastern Health Board |
Cavan General Hospital. |
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North Western Health Board |
Sligo General Hospital; Letterkenny General Hospital |
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South Eastern Health Board |
Waterford Regional Hospital. |
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Southern Health Board |
Cork University Hospital; Tralee General Hospital. |
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Western Health Board |
University College Hospital, Galway; Mayo General Hospital. |
In addition, the Deputy will be aware that funding has been allocated to the Midland Health Board to facilitate the commissioning of a new unit at the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore. My Department is advised that the unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2004.
Data in respect of the complement of doctors in each dialysis unit are not routinely collected by my Department. My Department has, therefore, requested the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the chief executive officers of the health boards to collate the information requested and to forward it directly to the Deputy.