Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

The HSE has informed me that the delay in preparing the 2005 report was due to the prioritisation of a service delivery mechanism as it was a relatively new body. Previously, reports were produced by individual health boards. The HSE on its establishment developed a template for a national reporting procedure. As I stated, preliminary data for 2006 has been supplied to the Department but it has not yet been analysed. I will ask the HSE to send preliminary data in respect of 2006 to Deputy Shatter. The full report in respect of 2006 should be finalised soon. The 2007 report will be finalised during the summer.

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