Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 254: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the progress which has been made by the Health Service Executive in its examination of the service requirements of rape victims and when the recommendations of the Health Service Executive in this regard will be published. [26368/05]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department does not directly fund or co-ordinate health and personal social services to victims of abuse. Moneys are made available each year, formerly through the health boards and now through the Health Service Executive, for the provision of services to women victims of violence. In recent years there has been a substantial increase in funding so that over €12 million is provided annually for the provision of such services. The distribution of this funding is a matter for the Health Service Executive.

I asked the HSE, together with my Department, to carry out an analysis of the current level of service provision in this area and to report back to me. I have been informed by the HSE that the final draft report is complete. The publication of the report into the examination of the service requirements of rape victims is imminent.