Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2004
738 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if the SEHB will provide a long stay bed urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21300/04]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Carlow area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the South Eastern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.
739 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children if she will take steps to ensure that persons (details supplied) in Dublin 3 will receive the maximum support and advice in relation to domiciliary care allowance, respite grant and any outstanding payments. [21306/04]
View answerThe provision of health related allowances in any individual case is a matter for the relevant authority/health board. Accordingly, a copy of the Deputy's question has been forwarded to the regional chief executive, Eastern Regional Health Authority, with a request that he examine the case and reply directly to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.
740 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children when a full time paediatric immunologist will be appointed. [21308/04]
View answerIn November 2000 Comhairle na nOspidéal published a report on immunology services which recommended that there should be four supra-regional immunology centres in the country. Two centres were recommended for Leinster-Ulster, one centre based in north Dublin and one based in south Dublin. Supra-regional immunology centres for Munster and Connacht-Donegal were recommended to be based in Cork and Galway respectively.
The report recommended that one of the consultant immunologists at the south Dublin centre should have a special interest in paediatric immunology and have substantial clinical commitments at the children's hospitals at Crumlin and Tallaght. I am advised that a submission for a consultant paediatric immunologist with sessional commitment in Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, and St. James's Hospital has been made to the Eastern Regional Health Authority and that implementation of this post will be reviewed in the light of competing demands for available resources and the prioritisation of the post by Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children and the Eastern Regional Health Authority.
