Gay Mitchell
Ceist:265 Mr. G. Mitchell asked the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be allowed orthodontic treatment without further delay. [15244/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 25 May 2004
Ceisteanna (245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252)
Freagraí scríofa
Responsibility for the provision of orthodontic treatment to eligible persons in Dublin 12 rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has asked the regional chief executive to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to him directly.
Cecilia Keaveney
Ceist:266 Cecilia Keaveney asked the Minister for Health and Children if a school dentist is attending persons in an area (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15255/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe management of dental services in the North Western Health Board area is the statutory responsibility of the chief executive officer. Therefore, my Department has asked the chief executive officer to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and to reply to her directly.
John Gormley
Ceist:267 Mr. Gormley asked the Minister for Health and Children if he or any member of staff in his Department has been lobbied by the Irish Society for Autism for support in resisting pressure from the South Western Area Health Board. [15256/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra
Officials in my Department have kept in touch with the South Western Area Health Board regarding the discussions which have been taking place between a number of the health boards and the organisation mentioned by the Deputy. As part of this process, my officials would be aware of some of the issues raised by the organisation during the course of their discussions with the health boards. However, the organisation in question would be aware from its contacts with my Department over the years that the approach taken by my Department to matters related to the provision of services is that these should be addressed in the first instance through the relevant health board or boards. While the Department did receive some correspondence in 2002 from individual families involved in the organisation concerning some aspects of these discussions, there has been no "lobbying" as such in relation to the overall service matters under discussion.
Paul Connaughton
Ceist:268 Mr. Connaughton asked the Minister for Health and Children when approval will be given for an application for special housing aid for the elderly submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Galway with the Western Health Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15258/04]
Amharc ar fhreagra
As the Deputy will be aware, the housing aid scheme for the elderly in the Galway area is operated by the Western Health Board on behalf of the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the board to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply directly to him as a matter of urgency.
Michael Ring
Ceist:269 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the way in which an appeals officer who works for the Western Health Board can give an independent and unbiased opinion and decision on individual cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15277/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraMichael Ring
Ceist:270 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of appeals dealt with by the appeals officer in the Western Health Board in the past three years; the breakdown of the appeals; and the number which were successful and unsuccessful. [15278/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraMichael Ring
Ceist:271 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the identity of the appeals officer for the Western Health Board; the number of appeals officers employed for the Western Health Board; the salary of the appeals officer; if the position was advertised; the number of applications received for the position; and the number of interviews held in order to fill the position. [15279/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 269 to 271, inclusive, together.
Responsibility for the appeals system and related matters rests in this instance with the Western Health Board. My Department has therefore asked the chief executive officer to investigate the matters raised by the Deputy and respond to him directly.
Finian McGrath
Ceist:272 Mr. F. McGrath asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will consider the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 and the steps he intends to take to assist. [15288/04]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware, the provision of health services in the Dublin 5 area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Northern Area Health Board acting under the aegis of the Eastern Regional Health Authority. My Department has, therefore, asked the chief executive of the authority to investigate the matter raised by the Deputy and reply direct to him as a matter of urgency.