Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 April 2005
201 Mr. J. Breen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason persons did not receive the results of tests carried out having failed to obtain answers from the health offices in Ennis for a speech therapy analysis carried out in July 2005 on a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [11761/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive, established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive has the responsibility to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services which includes responsibility for speech and language therapy. Accordingly, my Department has requested the chief officer for the executive's mid-western area to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.
