Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
509 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health and Children if there was an internal medical investigation in Naas General Hospital into the circumstances that led to the failure to diagnose injuries of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare that led to their death in 1998; if so, the conclusions of that investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11268/04]
View answer510 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps that have been taken since the death of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare, in 1998, to ensure that the failure to diagnose such a condition is not repeated in Naas General Hospital or other hospitals in future. [11269/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 509 and 510 together.
Responsibility for the provision of health services to persons residing in Counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the regional chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.
514 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a waiting list of up to three years for the services of an occupational therapist in Cherry Orchard Hospital; and the steps his Department will take to change this unacceptable situation. [11273/04]
View answerResponsibility for the provision of services at Cherry Orchard Hospital rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the regional chief executive of the authority to examine the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.
515 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 has been informed that they could be waiting for three years for an occupational therapist’s report from their health board; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that without this report this person cannot apply for a disabled person’s grant for an extension; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this person would only be waiting a matter of weeks for such a report if they were able to pay for it privately; and if there is anything outside of paying private fees that can be done to obtain such a report more quickly in this case. [11274/04]
View answerThe provision of health related services, including occupational therapy, for people with physical and/or sensory disabilities is a matter for the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards in the first instance. Accordingly, the Deputy's question has been referred to the chief executive officer of the Eastern Regional Health Authority with a request that he examine the matter and reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.
