Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 231: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare to apply for funding to permit the person to take their grandchild to hospital in Dublin for orthodontic treatment as there is no ambulance service available to facilitate the journey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5674/07]

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.