Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 322: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a programme to educate parents on cystic fibrosis and the way to manage it, as well as the probability of families having a child with the disease when it occurs in the family history, as there is large scale ignorance about the disease. [6821/08]

Pat Gallagher (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy's question mainly relates to the management and delivery of health and 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 the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 323: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the activities of the Irish Transplant Authority; the yearly budget for the past three years; the budget spent each year for the past three years; and the number of staff employed by the authority. [6822/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I take it that the Deputy is referring to the National Organ Procurement Service which is based at Beaumont Hospital. Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive 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 issue raised by the Deputy. 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.