Written answers

Thursday, 30 June 2011

5:00 am

Photo of Ann PhelanAnn Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Labour)
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Question 21: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, and/or Temple Street, Children's Hospital in Dublin, is unable to support the urgent need for an insulin pump in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny, after this child's Type 1 Diabetes medical needs could not be treated by the Paediatric Diabetes Department of St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17857/11]

Photo of James ReillyJames Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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My officials have made enquiries with the HSE in relation to this case. I understand that the patient concerned received an outpatient appointment date of 16 June 2011 in Children's University Hospital, Temple Street and another appointment has been scheduled for 14 September 2011. I understand from the HSE that a decision on the appropriateness of the provision of an insulin pump can only be made following a second consultation with the relevant consultant.

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