Written answers

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Department of Health and Children

Health Services

6:00 pm

Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a rheumatology department will be established at Mayo General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27449/06]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary 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.

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on establishing or funding a missing persons helpline in order to provide a much needed communication service for missing persons, their families, and people with information on the whereabouts of the missing persons in view of the number of missing persons that suffer from some form of psychological illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27487/06]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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Whilst I acknowledge that a number of missing persons may suffer from mental illness, the establishment or funding of services for missing persons, their families and people with information on their whereabouts is not a matter for my Department. I understand that the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform will consider any applications for the funding of such services.

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent)
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Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will introduce a registration system in order to regulate the chiropractic profession and provide protection from unqualified practitioners for the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27488/06]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 provides for the establishment of a system of statutory registration for the following health and social care professionals — clinical biochemists, dietitians, medical scientists, occupational therapists, orthoptists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, psychologists, radiographers, social care workers, social workers and speech and language therapists.

Section 4 of the Act provides for the inclusion, by Regulation, of additional professions in the proposed system of statutory registration. This section also sets out the criteria the Minister shall have regard to in considering the designation of further professions under the Act. It would be a matter for the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, in the first instance, to advise the Minister on whether a profession should be regarded as a health and social care profession and be considered for regulation under the Act. I favour the programmed and orderly inclusion of additional health and social care professionals in this new statutory framework and I will consider the case in relation to chiropractors in that light.

Photo of Liam TwomeyLiam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she has received representations, oral or written, or has been approached on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; the action she took, or the advice she gave, oral or written in relation to same; the outcome of such advice or actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27489/06]

Photo of Mary HarneyMary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Oral representations were made to me on behalf of a person (details supplied) in Co. Wexford. An Adviser was requested to establish where spinal stimulation could be made available. The Spinal Cord Stimulation Budget at the Department of Anaesthetics of St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin was accessed, as was the service of an appropriate consultant. This is part of a public pain service paid for by the State.

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