Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to the implementation of the recommendations of the November 2006 Joint Committee Report on Child Protection. [31347/07]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the action taken to date to implement the recommendations contained in the report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection published in November 2006; and the action she proposes to take during the next 12 months. [31368/07]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 265: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date in relation to each of the recommendations in the Report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection. [31213/07]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 266: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a particular Minister or Department has been given overarching responsibility for bringing forward recommendations from the Report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection. [31214/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 185, 186, 265 and 266 together.

The Report of the Joint Committee on Child Protection contains over 60 recommendations. The majority of these recommendations fall within the remit of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, with other recommendations falling within the remit of other State departments and agencies. The Office of the Minister for Children (OMC) has taken overall responsibility to ensure that the recommendations contained in the Report are addressed by the appropriate department or agency. The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform are also putting into place a co-ordinating structure of responsibility to address recommendations that fall within their remit. The OMC have requested up to date reports from the departments and agencies concerned and on receipt of same will reply to the Deputies directly.