Liam Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 128: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when a decision will be made on the detailed submission to her Department for a project (details supplied) in County Kilkenny which exemplifies the new proactive approach in the health services. [37192/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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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 of Health and Children has asked the parliamentary affairs division of the HSE to arrange to have the matter investigated and for a reply to issue directly to the Deputy. The chief executive officer of the HSE has emphasised the importance of developing primary care services as the appropriate means of meeting most people's health and social care needs and to complement the services provided by acute hospitals. It is an important priority of the HSE, which has my full endorsement.