Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2004
293 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a speech therapist has not been assigned to a centre (details supplied) of the Irish Wheelchair Association in Clane, County Kildare; the reason the services of a physiotherapist have been withdrawn from it; and if he will reinstate the service. [15538/04]
View answerThe provision of health services, including speech and language therapy and physiotherapy, to people with physical or sensory disabilities is a matter for the ERHA and the health boards in the first instance. My Department has asked the authority's CEO to investigate the matter and to report directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.
294 Mr. Stagg asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 319 of 6 April, if the full complement of beds are in use in Maynooth community care unit. [15539/04]
View answerThe provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Western Area Health Board. It acts under the aegis of the ERHA.
My Department does not routinely collate the information requested. I have asked the authority's CEO to supply me with the relevant details. I will forward the information to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.
