Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 December 2004
155 Mr. P. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if consideration will be given to recruiting further occupational therapists in view of the fact that there are only three occupational therapists working in the Mid-Western Health Board in Ennis, County Clare; if funding will be provided for private occupational therapists to deal with the current crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32526/04]
View answerThe provision of health related services, including occupational therapy, for people with physical and/or sensory disabilities is a matter for the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the health boards in the first instance. Accordingly, the Deputy's question has been referred to the chief executive officer of the Mid-Western Health Board with a request that he examine the matter and reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.
156 Mr. Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 25 November 2004, if the working group on carers’ needs assessment, which was established by her Department following the publication of the action programme for the millennium in November 1999, still exists; if so, the details of the current membership of the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32558/04]
View answerI refer the Deputy to my answer to his Parliamentary Question No. 107 of 25 November last regarding the matters raised in his question. The work of the working group on carers was subsumed into a number of different areas and as such is no longer in existence.
