Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 269: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to Question No. 136 of 22 June 2005, if her Department has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive to have the matter investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24594/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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I advise the Deputy that inquiries were made on his behalf to the Health Service Executive about the individual in question. The Department of Health and Children has been advised that an occupational therapist visited the individual in early June 2005 to assess her requirements. Following the visit, the individual was offered a bed from existing HSE stock. However, the individual did not feel that the bed was sufficient for her requirements. Subsequently, a specially designed bed was ordered by the HSE to meet the individual's particular specifications. I have been advised that the expected delivery date for the bed is late October. During the occupational therapist's visit, the individual concerned expressed difficulties with her wheelchair. The occupational therapist has arranged for the individual concerned to be assessed at the wheelchair clinic on 28 September 2005.