John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the methods employed by the Health Service Executive in Kilkenny to assess applicants for home help hours; the number of cases where home help hours have been cut and the reason for the cutbacks; if appointments are made in each case or if the visit is random and unannounced; the level of funding provided for this service; if the hours cut will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26350/05]

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. Accordingly, the 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.

Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 248: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the policy procedure where the family of a person (details supplied) can be told on the telephone by the Health Services Executive staff that the person will have to wait three years for an assessment by an occupational therapist in Area 5 of the former South Western Area Health Board, before they can apply for a grant to the local authority for a shower; if, following the matter being brought to the health board's attention the board will clarify that the waiting list for over 80s is in fact a year; if this is standard practice within the health and safety authority; if this means that another elderly person who has been waiting for an assessment is affected. [26362/05]

Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 251: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the current waiting list for an assessment by an occupational therapist in the former Area 5 of the South Western Area Health Board exceeds three years for a person under 80 and exceeds one year for a person over 80; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26366/05]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 and 251 together.

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, the 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.

Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 249: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if a system similar to the national treatment purchase fund will be set up in relation to the provision of assessments by private practice occupational therapists. [26363/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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I will have this matter considered in the course of my Department's strategic review of services for people with disabilities.

Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the current Health Service Executive waiting lists for a range of services in Area 5 of the former South Western Area Health Board, including general nurse check-ups for children and so on (details supplied); the additional inclusion of comparative waiting list times on a region by region basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26364/05]

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.