Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 184: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were readmitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2007. [4037/08]

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 185: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of patients who were readmitted to hospital within one week of discharge in 2006. [4038/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 184 and 185 together.

Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.