Liz McManus
Ceist:252 Ms McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when funding for a nursing post in neurology will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21029/05]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 21 June 2005
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Freagraí scríofa
I met representatives of the Neurological Alliance in May. In the course of the meeting, the representatives indicated that pending the implementation of the recommendations of the Comhairle report on neurology and neurophysiology, the appointment of clinical nurse specialists would significantly improve the services available to patients with neurological disorders. Additional revenue funding was identified in the 2005 letters of determination for the development of prioritised services, including neurology, in a number of the Health Service Executive's regional areas.
Following my meeting with the Neurological Alliance, my Department wrote to the Director of the National Hospitals Office outlining the views of the alliance on the application of funding towards the enhancement of the clinical nurse specialist service in the discipline. The detailed application of the funding is a matter for the Health Service Executive. My Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
Question No. 253 answered with QuestionNo. 98.