Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Question 65: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of suicides recorded in the Cork and Kerry area in each of the past five years; the number of mental health resource officers dealing specifically with suicide prevention in the Cork and Kerry area; the amount of funding provided to the mental health resource officers in these areas in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11061/08]

Jimmy Devins (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Data on mortality is compiled by the Central Statistics Office and published in the Annual and Quarterly Reports on Vital Statistics. The information in relation to suicides in 2007 is not yet available. The number of deaths by suicide in Cork and Kerry for the years 2002 to 2006 is shown below.

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. The Executive, therefore, is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter 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.