Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

As Deputy Shatter knows, reports were made available for 2005. We have preliminary data for 2006 which has not been analysed. With regard to the performance indicators to which the Deputy referred, the January report has come to the Department as has the February report. We await the March report and expect to have it within the next two weeks. When we have this, it will enable us to provide a quarterly report. I asked the HSE to ensure that as soon as it has analysed its March data to forward it to Deputy Shatter.

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