David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 945: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people currently registered on the National Intellectual Disability Database and the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3097/07]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 946: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on making enrolment on the various national disability databases compulsory for people with disabilities who are currently in receipt of services; the monitoring or auditing arrangements in place for the databases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3098/07]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 947: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people with intellectual disabilities here; the number of those who are on the National Intellectual Disability Database; the number who are not on the NIDD; the number who are on the NIDD and on a waiting list for places; the number who are on the NIDD and not on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3099/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 945 to 947, inclusive, together.

There are 25,518 people registered on the National Intellectual Disability Database for 2006. There are 24,511 people registered on the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database for 2005. The Deputy should note that the 2006 Report for the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database will be published in the next few weeks. However, given that entry on both databases is voluntary the total number of people with disabilities (intellectual or physical and sensory) is not available.

Under current registration criteria entry onto the databases is voluntary. The Department of Health and Children has currently no plans to amend the registration criteria. The Department of Health and Children has allocated funding to the Health Research Board to audit the National Intellectual Disability Database. It is envisaged that this will be carried out in 2007.

The Deputy's question in relation to waiting lists 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.

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 948: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been removed or are expected to be removed in 2007 from the National Intellectual Disability Database waiting list for residential places as a result of new places created in 2006 and the further places created as a result of the Budget 2007 improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3100/07]

David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 949: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of people who have been removed or expect to be removed in 2007 from the National Physical and Sensory Disability Database waiting list for residential places as a result of the new places created in 2006 and the further places created as a result of the Budget 2007 improvements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3101/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 948 and 949 together.

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.