Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 219: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of staff employed at Coovagh House; the position of each member of staff; the length of time each member of staff has been employed; and the remuneration paid to staff since establishment of Coovagh House. [35222/05]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 220: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount spent on training staff in Coovagh House since its establishment. [35223/05]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 221: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of foreign staff employed in Coovagh House; the estimated remuneration for each foreign member of staff; the estimated remuneration for each member of Irish staff; and the cost involved in recruiting staff from abroad and within Ireland. [35224/05]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the cost of work (details supplied) carried out at Coovagh House during summer 2005; the extent of this work; and the reason for the work. [35225/05]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 to 222, inclusive, together.

The Deputy's questions relate 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 these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 223: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the amount paid to recruitment companies for child care staff at high support units annually since 1998. [35226/05]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, 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.

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 224: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children, further to Question No. 244 of 25 October 2005, if members of the Special Residential Services Board serve on a part-time basis as they are not remunerated; the amount of expenses allowable to each member of the board; the staff attached to the board; and the amount of funding given to the board annually since its establishment. [35227/05]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The membership of the Special Residential Services Board is set out in section 230(3) of the Children Act 2001, and individual members are appointed by the Minister for Health and Children. At present all board members act on a part-time basis in accordance with section 230(6). The board meets bi-monthly and sub-committees of the board meet on alternate months. Each member normally attends at least one meeting per month.

Where expenses appropriate to the board are incurred by members in the discharge of their responsibilities, travel and subsistence allowances are paid in accordance with Department of Finance circulars. The Special Residential Services Board employs 12 staff members. The board was established on a statutory basis on 7 November 2003 and the funding provided to the board is: 2003, €147,149, net expenditure; 2004, €1,262,352, net expenditure and 2005, €2,141,000, original allocation.