Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 282: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the estimated cost of providing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund for children under five who need occupational, speech or language therapy. [12394/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established to arrange treatment for patients who have been waiting longest on surgical, in-patient waiting lists. Under the provisions of its establishment order, the NTPF currently arranges hospital-based treatment. As the type of services the Deputy refers to do not require in-patient care, they do not fall currently within the remit of the NTPF.