Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It needs to be raised. The operation was cancelled. On 21 November, it was again cancelled. This girl has not been waiting three months, six months or a year; she has been waiting nearly five years for an operation on her back that is badly needed. She goes to work every morning and has to come home early because of the pain in her back. I want a Government intervention to deal with this issue. If the operation cannot be done in Ireland, it should be done by experts abroad. I would like to hear the Taoiseach's response.

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