196 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 2 November 2010 regarding the number of high level groups operating in her Department, when a reply will issue. [44081/10]

The information requested by the Deputy is currently being finalised within my Department and will be forwarded to her very shortly.

197 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of times she has sought advice from the Childrens Act Advisory Board on policy issues relating to the co-ordinated delivery of services under the Children Act 2001, in the years 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if she will outline all publications of the board in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44084/10]

The Children Acts Advisory Board was established in 2007. The Board has advised the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs (OMCYA) on best practice and co-ordination in the special residential care sector, on both a formal and informal basis.

Since 2007, the OMCYA has been kept updated on the work of the Board, through the following means:

Annual Reports and Newsletters;

Evidence to Practice Seminars and Network Events;

Research Reports & Launch Seminars;

Conferences;

Children's Services Awards;

Guidance Reports;

Meetings.

Over this period, the Board researched and reported on a number of key issues, including:

Guardian ad Litem guidance;

Inter-Agency working;

Therapeutic Interventions;

Physical Restraint;

Social Care Guidelines;

Initiatives such as ‘Different Response Model' and Restorative Practices and how these might be applied in Ireland;

Progress against the objectives of the Children Acts;

Criteria for the Appropriate Use of Special Care units;

Garda Case Management Project.

The full list of publications of the Children's Acts Advisory Board is outlined on its website at www.caab.ie.

198 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of times the Health Research Board has met in each of the years 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010. [44085/10]

The Health Research Board met on the following number of occasions in the years 2006-2010: