Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 148: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person [details supplied] in Dublin 10 had completed their acute care episode at the time they were transferred to a nursing home outside of the county of their residence against the wishes of their family; if they had completed their acute care episode, the reason they needed to be admitted into a hospital near that nursing home within ten days of being transferred. [10927/07]

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the files that accompanied a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 when they were transferred from a Dublin hospital to a nursing home in County Kildare; the extent to which the nursing home in County Kildare was aware of the persons medical condition at the time of their transfer; the reason the person had to wait without a bed for up to 12 hours after they had been admitted to that hospital; the reason doctors in that hospital did not have possession of the person's medical records when they were admitted to that hospital; the reason that hospital apparently had to source the drugs necessary to treat them from the hospital in Dublin from which they had been discharged ten days earlier. [10928/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together.

Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 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 issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 150: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide documentary evidence that a person (details supplied) in Dublin 10 refused a place in a nursing home on behalf of their son; and if she will provide written evidence that the nursing home accepts patients who need to be fed through a peg or who have MRSA. [10929/07]

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 151: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will confirm that a family meeting with the multi-disciplinary team and the family took place on 9 February 2007, as distinct from 7 February 2007; if she will provide documentary evidence of the statement in the response that the family accepted the person (details supplied) needed to be discharged to a nursing home. [10930/07]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together.

The Department of Health & Children does not hold documents in relation to individual cases, including the case referred to by the Deputy. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to respond to the particular issues 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.

Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 152: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of individuals in need of long term care who have been moved directly from Dublin hospitals to non-acute care homes outside the county of Dublin during each of the past 12 months; and the number of those moved who were incapable of expressing consent or withholding consent to medical procedures and operations under the meaning of the relevant Acts. [10938/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to address the particular issues 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.