Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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1259. To ask the Minister for Health if a public hospital oncology consultant receives the same professional fee payment as an oncology consultant in a private hospital from health insurance companies for treating day case oncology private patients in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Health Insurance companies operate as commercial providers in a competitive market and as Minister for Health, I have no legal power to intervene in relation to their commercial decisions. The level of fees paid is a commercial decision made by individual health insurers.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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1260. To ask the Minister for Health the annual cost for all public hospitals for day case oncology drugs by public and private patients in each of the years 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27606/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.