Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 293: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people employed as inspectors in the child care service in County Mayo including their full title, qualifications, roles, location and so on; and the estimated number of children within the public and private childcare sector in the county. [40596/06]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The establishment of the Health Service Executive represented a fundamental move from the previously fragmented structure and organisation of the country's health and personal social services to a unitary system under the Executive. This ensured that one body would have responsibility for the management and delivery of services from the local to the national level, including data collection across its various areas of operation.

The information sought by the Deputy relates to matters within the area of responsibility of the Executive. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.