Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of wardship applications made by the HSE in 2015 and for each month in 2016 to date; the extent of legal costs incurred by the HSE in so doing; the oversight mechanisms that exist within the HSE to monitor such applications to ensure that each application is absolutely necessary and that the rights of persons concerned are fully respected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26535/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As this is a question specifically relating to a service matter, I have asked the HSE to reply directly to the Deputy.