Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the websites that are run by her Department and each of its agencies; the date on which each became live; if the sites are kept updated; the cost of each site to the State to date; and if she will provide the information in tabular readable form. [31063/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The following tables list all the websites currently run by my Department and associated costs. All the sites are live and are regularly updated, except where the site is now maintained for information purposes only. The cost table shows estimated expenditure for website infrastructure in my Department since 2000. It is not possible to quantify the costs specific to each website, as in many cases they share a common infrastructure.

Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive has direct responsibility for the planning and management of health sector developments for both the HSE itself and the majority of other health agencies. Accordingly, 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 in relation to the HSE and those agencies.

In relation to other health agencies which are directly funded through my Department, arrangements are being made to have the required details collated. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as this exercise iscompleted.