Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 272: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of persons working in the individual suicide resource offices in each Health Service Executive region. [35560/05]

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 273: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of permanent suicide resource officers and temporary suicide officers by secondment from areas of the health service. [35561/05]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 272 and 273 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. This includes responsibility for the employment of suicide resource officers. 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.