Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 February 2006
93 Mr. O’Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that the Health Service Executive, south-east region, proposals for cancer services transport are immediately adopted in full and that adequate funding is provided for their implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7620/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to reply directly to the Deputy.
94 Mr. Boyle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has seen the report of the national diabetes working group; if she will make known its contents; and her views on whether there is geographic inequality in quality of care offered for those living with type one diabetes, especially in the Cork region. [7621/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe chief medical officer of the Department, who chaired the national diabetes working group, submitted his report to the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children last summer. The report was forwarded to the chief executive of the Health Service Executive in October 2005. The executive is treating the matter as a priority. It is currently considering the policy guidelines issued by the Department and is putting in place a structure to put the report into action. It is my intention to make a copy of the report available on the Department's website shortly. The report did not identify geographic inequality in the quality of care available to people with type one diabetes in the Cork region.
