Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 257: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that not one of the 14 recommendations of A Vision for Change, the blueprint for reform of mental health services published in 2006, has been progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37415/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 260: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the progress made to date of each of the recommendations made in A Vision for Change, the blueprint for reform of mental health services published in 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37418/08]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 262: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the Health Service Executive has produced to her the delivery plan for the recommendations contained in A Vision for Change, the blueprint for reform of mental health services published in 2006, as was to happen in June 2008; and the reason for the delay. [37420/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 257, 260 and 262 together.

Implementation of the Report of the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, 'A Vision for Change' is primarily the responsibility of the Health Service Executive. Earlier this year, the HSE approved an Implementation Plan which sets out six key priorities for 2008 and 2009. They include:

Catchment 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. In January 2008, the Office for Disability and Mental Health was established. The Office will bring a new impetus to the implementation of the Report through working in partnership with the HSE and other stakeholders to achieve implementation of agreed targets.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 258: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the person in the Health Service Executive who has budgetary responsibility for mental health services. [37416/08]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The budget for services is determined in accordance with the National Service Plan which is approved by the Board of the Health Service Executive and submitted to the Minister for Health and Children for approval. It is a matter for the management of the HSE to implement the service plan which would include the management of the budget for the mental health service.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the way decisions regarding funding of mental health services are reached in the Health Service Executive. [37417/08]

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.

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 261: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the roll-out of community based and people centred mental health services will be fully complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37419/08]

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.