176 Ms Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Best Health for Children report of 1999 still forms part of the Government’s policy on child health services; if so, the reason some health boards provide a developmental check at seven to nine months by a doctor in line with this report while others, notably the Nrthern Area Health Board, do not in all cases; if it breaches the national health strategy; if she was consulted or agreed with this policy shift; her plans to allocate extra funding to deal with the shortage of area medical officers in the northern area health board; if she will provide details of the information available to her on the extent of the staffing shortages in respect of area medical officers in each of the health boards to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32014/04]

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176 Ms Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if the Best Health for Children report of 1999 still forms part of the Government’s policy on child health services; if so, the reason some health boards provide a developmental check at seven to nine months by a doctor in line with this report while others, notably the Nrthern Area Health Board, do not in all cases; if it breaches the national health strategy; if she was consulted or agreed with this policy shift; her plans to allocate extra funding to deal with the shortage of area medical officers in the northern area health board; if she will provide details of the information available to her on the extent of the staffing shortages in respect of area medical officers in each of the health boards to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32014/04]

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