Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 76: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the delivery of health services in the future with particular reference to the next three years and based on the experience of the past three years; the role and development in the primary health care sector; the degree to which health centres are likely to have a major function; the extent to which the public and private sectors are likely to participate; the extent to which the co-location programme is likely to impact on the delivery of services; the degree to which the patient and taxpayer are likely to benefit from her plans; the number of hospital or medical procedures carried out separately by the public and private sector services in the past three years; the way this is likely to develop in the future; the degree to which long-term care is expected to be provided for and paid for in the relevant period; the extent to which the health administration is expected to develop in the context of the overall delivery of services; the investment in both the public and private health sectors in each of the past three years to date in 2010; the expected investment in each of these sectors in the next three year period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6834/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The Deputy's question covers a wide range of issues which I have addressed in my opening statement to the meeting of the Joint Committee on Health and Children which took place on Tuesday 9 February. I will arrange to make a copy of the transcript of the meeting available to the Deputy.