I propose to take Questions Nos. 284 and 321 together.
The Health Act 2004 provides for the Health Service Executive, which was established on 1 January 2005. Under the Act, the executive is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. The Health Service Executive decided that pension books held by health agencies in respect of pensioners who were charged in relation to long-stay care should be returned to the pensioners concerned or their representatives. Responsibility for this matter rests with the executive. My Department has requested the interim chief executive officer to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputies.