Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 May 2006
148 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the funding required has been given to St. James's Hospital to purchase the necessary equipment to carry out a procedure entailing bone anchoring of hearing aids; and when the patients awaiting this operation in the hospital for over a year will see these operations carried out. [17920/06]
Amharc ar fhreagra149 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the hospital plan 2006 submitted by St. James's Hospital included details of the funding required to purchase the necessary equipment to carry out a procedure entailing bone anchoring of hearing aids. [17921/06]
Amharc ar fhreagra150 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason beds in St. James's Hospital, Dublin were booked for patients requiring bone anchoring of hearing aids despite the fact that the hospital did not have the equipment required for the medical procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17922/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 148, 149 and 150 together.
The Deputy's questions relate 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
