Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 29 April 2004
103 Mr. Carey asked the Minister for Health and Children if the practice of carrying out assessments on children at the age of nine months has been discontinued; if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12408/04]
View answerResponsibility for the provision of child health development checks within its functional area is a matter for the relevant health board or the Eastern Regional Health Authority, ERHA.
My Department has been in contact with the health boards and the ERHA and I have been advised that the practice of carrying out assessments on children at the age of nine months remains unchanged. However, in the North Eastern Health Board, due to the IMO industrial action in 2003 and staff shortages, development clinics in the Meath area have not yet recommenced.
