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Health Board Services.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 May 2004

Thursday, 27 May 2004

Questions (151, 152, 153, 154, 155)

Michael Ring

Question:

148 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding for a treatment (details supplied); and the reason it is not available here. [16009/04]

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Written answers

My Department is advised that the Eastern Regional Health Authority has received a proposal from Beaumont Hospital to develop the service. The authority will consider the proposal in the context of available resources.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

149 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16023/04]

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The provision of health services, including speech and language therapy, 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 reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

150 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when respite care at Maynooth Community Hospital, Maynooth, County Kildare will be provided for a person (details supplied). [16024/04]

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The provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Southern Western Area Health Board. It acts under the aegis of the ERHA. My Department has asked the authority's CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

151 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has had no option but to return to work to provide for their family. [16025/04]

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Responsibility for the provision of services to people with an intellectual disability in the Kildare region is a matter, in the first instance, for the ERHA. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Bernard J. Durkan

Question:

152 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16027/04]

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The provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the ERHA. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.

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