John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 246: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the services which will be made available to a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; the reason her Department will only give an indicative date in 2007 for assessment; if the assessment obtained privately by her Department will be accepted; if the appropriate treatment will follow based on this assessment; if the delay is a system failure within her Department; if lack of staff and resources are the cause of this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19771/06]

Tim O'Malley (Limerick East, 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, 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 247: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the numbers of new recruits in each of the past five years to the public service under the auspices of her Department; and age distribution of these new recruits. [20216/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The position in regard to the health service is that human resource management issues are matters for the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. My Department has therefore 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.