Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 496: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 5 April 2007. [15226/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department has been informed by the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive that a reply will be issued to the Deputy shortly.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a response will issue in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 5 April 2007. [15232/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I am advised by the Health Service Executive that a reply to Question No. 258 of 5 April 2007 has issued to the Deputy.

Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 498: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 5 April 2007, if she will have the answer reissued to this Deputy by the Health Service Executive. [15235/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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My Department has been informed by the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive that a reply has issued to the Deputy.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 499: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if orthodontic treatment will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite a response. [15238/07]

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.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the full orthodontic service will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will expedite the matter. [15239/07]

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.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 501: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if capital funding has or will be made available to establish a health centre in Callan, County Kilkenny; the status of the application within her Department or the Health Service Executive; when it is expected to be finalised; the plans to staff the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15240/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Government's sustained high level of investment in healthcare has enabled the completion and commissioning of numerous new facilities in both the acute and the non-acute sectors. This year, overall capital funding of €546 million has been provided to the Health Service Executive.

The HSE has responsibility for the planning and management of capital projects in the health sector, including the development referred to in the Deputy's question. 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.