Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 31 January 2013
220. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if a facility to provide bilateral cochlear implants for children under four years is to be included by the Health Service Executive under its 2013 service plan. [4972/13]
View answerI am advised that Beaumont Hospital carried out over ninety cochlear implants in 2012 and that over seven hundred patients are currently under the care of the hospital programme which provides rehabilitation and programming on a recurring basis. In relation to the query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
