Bernard Allen (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 172: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way an application made for domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork in late September 2007 was not decided upon until 8 October 2008 and was only then sanctioned for the period from 9 October 2007 to 2 December 2007, the date of their 16th birthday; and the reason in view of the fact that their family were not made aware of their entitlements to domiciliary care allowance, the allowance has not been made retrospective to the period that the person reached school going age as they needed special supports for their medical condition which were not made available under the public health system and the family were never made aware of their rights to domiciliary care allowance and other benefits and were forced to seek private care for the person. [44342/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal 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 case investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.