Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the projects on which his Department cooperates with the Department of Health, Social Service and Public Safety in the North [54157/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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My Department is involved in ongoing North South engagement. Collaboration takes place on a wide range of health and social care issues including, for example, Radiotherapy Services, Paediatric Congenital Cardiac Services, Health Promotion, Cancer Research, Food Safety, Suicide Prevention, GP Out of Hours and Air Ambulance services. Co-operation and Working Together (CAWT) is involved in cross-border collaborative working in the field of health and social care and also manages and delivers a range of activities that are being supported by the EU Structural Fund Initiative - INTERREG IVA. The current INTERREG IVA Programme 2007 – 2013 has supported one project, diverse in nature and driven by CAWT on behalf of the Department of Health and the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS). The Project involves twelve strands of activity, namely acute service, alcohol harm, eating disorder, GUM, obesity, turning the curve, workforce mobility, diabetes, health inequalities, people with a disability, independence for older people and planning for children and families. The two Departments continue to explore areas in which there is potential for co-operation and in which there is a mutual benefit for the people of both jurisdictions.