Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 80: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress of the mental health in primary care project. [32870/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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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.

Dan Neville (Limerick West, Fine Gael)
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Question 81: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the agreed target between the Office of the Minister for Disability and Mental Health concerning the implementation of A Vision for Change as outlined by An Taoiseach and the Minister for Health and Children on 30 January 2008. [32872/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The Office for Disability and Mental Health was established in January 2008 to support me as Minister of State for Disability and Mental Health at the Department of Health and Children in exercising my responsibilities in four Government Departments, namely the Departments of Health & Children, Justice, Equality & Law Reform, Education & Science and Enterprise, Trade & Employment. In relation to mental health, the Office is responsible for driving the implementation of the recommendations in 'A Vision for Change' and 'Reach Out' — the National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention working in conjunction with the Health Service Executive and other Government Departments.

Earlier this year, the HSE approved an Implementation Plan for 'A Vision for Change' which sets out six key priorities for 2008 and 2009. They include:

Catchments Area Definition and Clarification

Modernisation of the Mental Health Infrastructure

Community Based Mental Health Teams

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Teams

Mental Health Services for People with Intellectual Disability

Mental Health Information Systems

A more detailed implementation plan for the period 2009 and beyond is being developed by the HSE and will be submitted to me before the end of this year.