Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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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.

Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her policy regarding financial assistance under the primary care reimbursement scheme for the medical examination required for the driving licence application for people over 70 with a medical card; and if she will amend the primary care reimbursement scheme to take into account the payment of the medical examination required for the drivers licence by people over 70. [16806/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) is part of the Health Service Executive (HSE). It makes payments to Primary Care contractors (General Practitioners, Pharmacists, Dentists and Optometrists/Ophthalmologists) who have contracts with the HSE to provide services to members of the public. In addition, the PCRS also reimburses contractors for services provided to eligible recipients under a variety of community schemes, including the Drugs Payment Scheme, the Long Term Illness Scheme, the Dental Treatment Services Scheme, the Primary Childhood Immunisation Scheme, the High Tech Drugs Scheme, the Methadone Treatment Scheme and the Community Ophthalmic Services Scheme.

The contract between the HSE and General Practitioners for the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme stipulates that the fees are not paid to GPs by the HSE in respect of certain medical certificates which may be required, for example, "under the Social Welfare Acts or for the purposes of insurance or assurance policies or for the issue of driving licences". There are no proposals to alter this provision.

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 87: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the circumstances surrounding the death of a child (details supplied); if she or her representatives will meet with the family of the child; if counselling services will be made available to relatives affected by this death. [16813/08]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The Deputy's question 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. In January of this year the HSE forwarded a report on this particular case to a Deputy in response to a similar Parliamentary question. I will arrange to have a copy of this report forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.