As the Deputy's Question no 225 dated 4th April 2006 related to the delivery of health and personal social services my Department, as indicated in my reply, asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive (HSE) to reply directly to the Deputy.
Where a Question relates to a service provided by the HSE on a national basis or requests statistical information in relation to a service covering a period of years, it may require the collation of information from a number of different sources. The collation of such information is coordinated and monitored by the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE to ensure that a complete and comprehensive reply is compiled and issued in response to these Questions.
My Department has been informed by the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE that it is completing the collation of the information requested by the Deputy with a view to furnishing a direct reply to him. My Department has asked the HSE that the reply be furnished as soon as possible.