David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 249: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 2 October 2007 regarding the Health Research Board examination of data collection for the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database if the 10 NPSDD interviews and 10 Headway assessments have been completed; if comparison of the information has begun; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32246/07]

Jimmy Devins (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy is aware this is a collaborative project between the Health Research Board (HRB) and Headway Ireland which will compare the data collected by the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database with an assessment carried out by Headway Ireland with a view to making recommendations in relation to the database and the recording of requirements of people with an acquired brain injury.

The Health Research Board has informed my Department that Headway Ireland have selected and circulated the client names to the relevant regional database teams. The regional database teams are in the process of contacting these people and inviting them to register on the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database. The Health Research Board has also informed my Department that Headway Ireland is in the process of conducting their assessment with the individuals. The Health Research Board has not received any completed data forms to date and as such the comparison of the data has not commenced.