I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 to 122, inclusive, together.
The services and targets to be provided by the HSE in 2008 are set out in the National Service Plan which Minister Harney approved in November, 2007 and the Addendum to the Service Plan which Minister Harney approved in February, 2008. Both of these documents have been laid before this House and published. Budgets for social work and child protection services are provided by the Government as part of the vote for the Health Service Executive (HSE). The vote for the HSE does not provide for earmarking of funding as referred to in the Deputy's question. However the service plan for each year includes the specific commitments the HSE makes for services for each year.
In this context the Deputy's questions therefore all relate to the management and delivery of health and social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have these matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.