Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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Question 234: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will allocate extra funds to the Health Service Executive to enable it to give the necessary financial support to the Coeliac Society of Ireland to continue its work and meet the future needs of their community, in view of the fact that the HSE has stated on this issue that it did not receive additional resources in 2006 sufficient to deal with the many worthwhile developments which the voluntary and other sectors within the health service have actively sought to introduce in order to bring about key improvements. [33595/06]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for the payment of grants to those voluntary organisations involved in health promotion, raising awareness or providing support services for people suffering from particular conditions now rests with the Health Service Executive (HSE). It is a matter for the Executive to decide the level of support it provides to the various voluntary organisations based on the funding available and the relative merits of the applications received. My Department understands that the HSE has committed to working with the Coeliac Society in relation to their needs in order to assist the Society in bringing about service improvements for people suffering from this condition.

Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 235: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made by the Health Service Executive southern branch to provide a suitable wheelchair for a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who applied several months ago for one but hasn't received a response to date. [33596/06]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy's questions 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.