Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 404: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by children at school, particularly at second level, who require hearing aids and who are not supplied under the GMS system with a second or replacement set and who may not be able to keep up with classes at school when their hearing aids are broken or damaged or become defective or are otherwise out of commission involving periods of time of up to two weeks to be repaired; if she will make funding available to ensure that all such children are supplied automatically with a second set of hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25400/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, 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.