161 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) comprising of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the Celbridge area of County Kildare; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that this group acquired, on a temporary basis, a lifting chair which enables the members to rise from their wheelchairs and stand upright safely and that the health board is now demanding either the lifting chair be returned or that the group pay €6,000 to purchase the apparatus; and if the multiple sclerosis group will be allowed to keep the lifting chair and the health board will cover the cost involved. [12271/05]

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161 Mr. Stagg asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) comprising of multiple sclerosis sufferers in the Celbridge area of County Kildare; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that this group acquired, on a temporary basis, a lifting chair which enables the members to rise from their wheelchairs and stand upright safely and that the health board is now demanding either the lifting chair be returned or that the group pay €6,000 to purchase the apparatus; and if the multiple sclerosis group will be allowed to keep the lifting chair and the health board will cover the cost involved. [12271/05]

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