Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2005
148 Dr. Cowley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has the facility to allocate moneys to home help organisations through national lottery allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38662/05]
View answerThe Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy. The Deputy should note that groups and organisations with an involvement in the provision of services to specific client groups, such as older people, may also apply for a grant from national lottery discretionary funds available to the Department of Health and Children.
149 Mr. Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if there has been engagement between the Health Service Executive and the Department of Defence, with a view to availing of facilities at the Curragh Military Hospital to relieve pressure on the accident and emergency department at Naas General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38663/05]
View answerThe Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
150 Mr. Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the inadequate service for amputees in the Limerick area; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that persons have to wait considerable lengths of time to access the service provided at Croom Orthopaedic Hospital by medical staff from Cappagh Hospital, Dublin; her plans for the establishment of a permanent prosthetic service in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38664/05]
View answerThe Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
