Gerard Murphy (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 315: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been deemed as qualifying applicants for nursing homes in the southern health service region on 31 December 2005; if these people had qualified prior to any changes in budget 2006 and if the only reason that payment was not being made was lack of funding from her Department. [3178/06]

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.