Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of children with diabetes being treated by the paediatric diabetes unit at the Cork University Hospital has risen from 120 patients in 2002 to a current level of 207; the extra resources which have been given to the unit to cope with that extra demand; her views on whether there is a need to have a dedicated medical person appointed to the unit to give advice to parents on all aspects of their children's health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3479/06]

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, the Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.