Dáil Éireann - Volume 586 - 27 May, 2004

Written Answers - Health Board Services.

Mr. Ring Mr. Ring

  148. Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children if he will provide funding for a treatment (details supplied); and the reason it is not available here. [16009/04]

Mr. Martin Mr. Martin

  Mr. Martin: My Department is advised that the Eastern Regional Health Authority has received a proposal from Beaumont Hospital to develop the service. The authority will consider the proposal in the context of available resources.

Mr. Durkan Mr. Durkan

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  149. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when speech therapy will be offered [1071] to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16023/04]

Mr. T. O’Malley Mr. T. O’Malley

  Mr. T. O’Malley: The provision of health services, including speech and language therapy, to people with physical or sensory disabilities is a matter for the ERHA and the health boards, in the first instance. My Department has asked the authority’s CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.

Mr. Durkan Mr. Durkan

  150. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when respite care at Maynooth Community Hospital, Maynooth, County Kildare will be provided for a person (details supplied). [16024/04]

Mr. Callely Mr. Callely

  Mr. Callely: The provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the Southern Western Area Health Board. It acts under the aegis of the ERHA. My Department has asked the authority’s CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.

Mr. Durkan Mr. Durkan

  151. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be reinstated to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare who has had no option but to return to work to provide for their family. [16025/04]

Mr. T. O’Malley Mr. T. O’Malley

  Mr. T. O’Malley: Responsibility for the provision of services to people with an intellectual disability in the Kildare region is a matter, in the first instance, for the ERHA. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Mr. Durkan Mr. Durkan

  152. Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when home help will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [16027/04]

Mr. T. O’Malley Mr. T. O’Malley

  Mr. T. O’Malley: The provision of health services in the Kildare area is, in the first instance, the responsibility of the ERHA. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy, as a matter of urgency.

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