Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 April 2004
525 Mr. Haughey asked the Minister for Health and Children if the Northern Area Health Board will purchase and issue digital programmable hearing aids following the completion of the pilot scheme in this regard in July 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11341/04]
View answerThe Northern Area Health Board of the Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA, is responsible for procuring and supplying hearing aids for the health board community audiology service. The chief executive officer of the ERHA has informed my Department that a tendering process for the supply of hearing aids, including digital hearing aids, is under way. It is expected that this process will take at least two months. The prospects of offering contracts for the supply of digital hearing aids will be considered at the end of this tendering process.
