Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if she will arrange for payment of a Labour Court recommendation of 21 July 2005 in relation to pay claim to the staff of an organisation (details supplied). [21454/06]

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, 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.

Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan was denied a contract of indefinite duration by the Health Service Executive north east in 2004; the further reason the Rights Commissioner's decision in 2005 to overrule this decision was appealed to the Labour Court by the HSE north east; the reason the Labour Court's upholding of the Rights Commissioner's ruling in April 2006 has not been implemented by the Health Service Executive Dublin north east region; the further reason the Corporate Employer's Relations Manager into the human relations department refuses to communicate with this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21491/06]

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, 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of posts, medical, nursing or surgical currently vacant in the Health Service Executive and affecting the delivery of services throughout the country; her intentions regarding the filling of these posts; the deadline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21493/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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As the information requested by the Deputy relates to human resource management issues which are matters for the Health Service Executive, the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive has been asked to respond directly to the Deputy in regard to the information sought.

I should also explain that employment information collected by my Department refers to numbers employed rather than to vacancies. The Deputy may wish to note that my Department's Health Service Employment Census, which encompasses staff employed by the Health Service Executive, the voluntary hospitals and some intellectual disability agencies, shows a total of 101,978 wholetime equivalent staff (excluding home helps) at end December, 2005. This compares with a total of 67,814 at end December, 1997 and represents an increase of 34,137 or 50.32%. There has been an increase of 2,290 or 46.06% in medical and dental personnel and an increase of 7,902 or 28.9% in nursing personnel.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of positions for occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech and language therapists and child psychological assessment positions currently vacant or about to become vacant throughout the Health Service Executive; her plans to fill the posts in early date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21494/06]

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, 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of personnel dedicated to dealing with children at risk throughout the Health Service Executive; the degree to which her Department interacts with other Departments on such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21495/06]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The first part of 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. The Office of the Minister for Children interacts as required with Government Departments, State Agencies and other bodies in relation to children at risk from a policy perspective.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 110: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant posts currently vacant or about to become vacant throughout the Health Service Executive; her timetable for the filling of these posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21496/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy will be aware that the management and delivery of the health and personal social services is now the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. This includes responsibility for the appointment of additional hospital consultant staff. Therefore, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond to the Deputy in relation to the issues raised and to provide the information requested.