Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 359: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she proposes to take to ensure that Temple Street Hospital, the main hospital responsible for childhood cystic fibrosis care, where five of the seven professionals (details supplied) located in the hospital are funded directly by her Department are not financed as is currently the case by the voluntary fundraising activities carried out by the patients and families of children with cystic fibrosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4890/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My 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.