Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 288: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when he intends to appoint a nephrologist to Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal, in view of the fact that there is a two year waiting list for the service. [15533/04]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Responsibility for the provision of services at Letterkenny General Hospital rests with the North Western Health Board. Recently my Department gave approval to the board to proceed with a recruitment process for the appointment of a consultant nephrologist to Letterkenny and Sligo General Hospitals.

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 289: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if and when he intends to appoint an orthodontic surgeon for Letterkenny General Hospital, County Donegal. [15534/04]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The recruitment of orthodontic staff in the NWHB area is the statutory responsibility of its CEO. My Department has asked him to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.