Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy will appreciate that I cannot comment on any individual case. I do not have the full information on the case to which he refers, and even if I did, I could breach confidentiality in commenting on it. Nonetheless, I understand the distress that would be caused to anyone making a long journey for an appointment only to find out the next day that it has been cancelled. Staffing levels in our health service are at their highest for many years, but I am not in a position to explain why in this particular case there was a cancellation.

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