Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 209 of 9 March 2010 and 118 of 9 June 2010, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the child psychiatry service in counties Laois and Offaly is currently suspended to all routine referrals, due to a backlog in work and very limited resources; the number of referrals on the waiting list; the number of persons who have been informed that they cannot be placed on the waiting list; the steps she proposes to take to deal with this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28381/10]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 209 of 9 March 2010 and 119 of 9 June 2010 regarding child psychiatry services in counties Laois and Offaly and the backlog of work and very limited resources, if she is now in a position to reply thereto. [28382/10]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 289 together.

As this is a service matter the question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.