Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 236: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway has to pay €60 for a taxi to attend a clinic at the Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in view of the fact that they are on a fixed income; the reason the Health Service Executive cannot supply transport for this elderly person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18911/07]

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. 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.