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Hospital Services.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 April 2004

Wednesday, 7 April 2004

Ceisteanna (135, 136, 137, 138)

Ned O'Keeffe

Ceist:

129 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children if transportation can be made available to transfer a person (details supplied) from Dublin to a hospital in Cork. [10924/04]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Responsibility for the provision of hospital services to residents of County Cork is a matter for the Southern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to reply to the Deputy directly in relation to the issue raised.

Ned O'Keeffe

Ceist:

130 Mr. N. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps he intends to take to ensure that a service (details supplied) continues to be provided at Cork University Hospital. [10925/04]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Provision of the specific services referred to by the Deputy is a matter for the Southern Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to reply to the Deputy directly in relation to the issue raised.

Paul McGrath

Ceist:

131 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children when the dialysis unit at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, was set up; the cost of setting up the unit; the training that was undertaken by staff for the unit; the number of staff appointed to run the unit and their grades; when the unit became operational; the number of persons who utilise the unit weekly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10926/04]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Responsibility for the provision of services at the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore rests with the Midland Health Board. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive officer of the board to examine the issues raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.

Paul McGrath

Ceist:

132 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children the hospitals in which there are dialysis units; and the doctor complement in each of the units. [10927/04]

Amharc ar fhreagra

The information requested by the Deputy concerning the location of dialysis units is outlined in the following table:

Health Board/Authority

Hospital

Eastern Regional Health Authority

Beaumont Hospital; Mater Hospital; St. Vincent’s University Hospital; Adelaide & Meath Hospital incorporating the National Children's Hospital at Tallaght; St. James's Hospital (acute only); Children's University Hospital, Temple Street.

Mid-Western Health Board

Limerick Regional Hospital.

North Eastern Health Board

Cavan General Hospital.

North Western Health Board

Sligo General Hospital; Letterkenny General Hospital

South Eastern Health Board

Waterford Regional Hospital.

Southern Health Board

Cork University Hospital; Tralee General Hospital.

Western Health Board

University College Hospital, Galway; Mayo General Hospital.

In addition, the Deputy will be aware that funding has been allocated to the Midland Health Board to facilitate the commissioning of a new unit at the Midland Regional Hospital at Tullamore. My Department is advised that the unit is scheduled for commissioning in 2004.

Data in respect of the complement of doctors in each dialysis unit are not routinely collected by my Department. My Department has, therefore, requested the regional chief executive of the Eastern Regional Health Authority and the chief executive officers of the health boards to collate the information requested and to forward it directly to the Deputy.

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