Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position on the need for increased Government funding for frontline services for women who have suffered violence with particular reference to a refuge (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if, in view of the serious difficulties this is causing, funding will be allocated as a matter of urgency for this service in order that the necessary resources be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27799/05]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

The responsibility for the provision of refuges lies with the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.