Olwyn Enright (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the South Eastern Health Board undertook in writing to pay fees for a person (details supplied) in County Laois at the commencement of a course and that it has now refused to continue to honour its commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20673/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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The 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 208: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her Department issues guidelines for the means testing of applicants for home help services administered by the Health Service Executive; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20685/05]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The 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. The home help service is a discretionary service which is provided to support people in their own home. There are no guidelines issued by the Department on means testing for the home help service. The Department communicated with the former chief officers of the health boards proposing that steps be taken to ensure that a consistent approach was adopted by the boards in relation to applications for a home help service. The Department will continue to liaise with the HSE on this matter.

Seán Ardagh (Dublin South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 209: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the resources for speech therapy for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be increased; and if she will extend the concept of the national treatment purchase fund to speech therapy services. [20700/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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Speech and language therapy is not within the remit of the national treatment purchase fund, NTFP, and I do not propose to extend the remit of the NTFP into this area.

The 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 have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.