Hospital Staff

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 March 2014

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Questions (218, 219, 220, 221)

Pearse Doherty

Question:

218. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist post has not been approved for Letterkenny General Hospital in County Donegal in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive's diabetes expert advisory group recommends one paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialist per 100 children-adolescents with type 1 diabetes and there are 143 children in County Donegal with type 1 diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14587/14]

Pearse Doherty

Question:

219. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown per hospital of the number of children registered to receive hospital based paediatric diabetes services; the number of paediatric diabetes clinical nurse specialists per hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14588/14]

Pearse Doherty

Question:

220. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to comply with the recommendations of the Health Service Executive diabetes advisory group in 2008, particularly in the provision of paediatric diabetes service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14589/14]

Pearse Doherty

Question:

221. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health if the integrated diabetes clinical nurse specialist appointed to Letterkenny General Hospital will be targeted towards the treatment of type 2 diabetes; the impact this position will have on the provision of paediatric diabetes service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14590/14]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 to 221, inclusive, together.

In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.