Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 277: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if it is intended to introduce a new Health Act to facilitate impending changes in structure of the Health Service Executive at local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42787/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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There is no requirement for the introduction of a new Health Act to facilitate the impending structural changes in the Health Service Executive. I am satisfied that these changes can be made on an administrative basis.