Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 206: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary. [35113/05]

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, the 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.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 207: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will increase the funding allocated to rape crisis centres which has remained the same since 2002, due to the increased demand on services particularly in the aftermath of the Ferns Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35427/05]

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 now more than €12 million is provided annually for the provision of such services. The distribution of this funding is now a matter for the Health Service Executive.

The Tánaiste asked the Health Service Executive to carry out an analysis of the current level of service provision in this area and to report back to her. The Tánaiste has recently received this report and it is under review in the Department.