Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 325: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of times the Orthodontic Review Group has met; if she has been furnished with a report; and when a report will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11611/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive (HSE) established an Orthodontic Review Group in 2006. The Group was broadly representative of the orthodontic profession and also included representation from the HSE, my Department and the dental schools. The terms of reference for the group were:

to review the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Reports;

to examine the recommendations within the operational remit of the HSE and to establish their status;

to conduct an analysis of the HSE's existing orthodontic delivery structure and capacity;

based on that analysis, to make recommendations in that regard; and

the recommendations thus made to be costed and a timeframe for their implementation proposed.

The Group met five times. The Report of the Orthodontic Review Group has recently been published and I have received a copy of it.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 326: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a breakdown of the figure in her departmental Estimates of a 3% increase for health services for the mid-west region and the areas on which it is to be spent; if so, if she will apply that breakdown; if not, if she will forward the question to the Health Service Executive; if the figure for disability services will be supplied; the amount of that figure that has been allocated to autism specific services including new services for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11628/07]

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.