Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 188: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the situation in which bureaucratic interference in an essential medical care case nearly cost an elderly person their leg, if not their life; her views on whether doctors and consultants should be making all decisions regarding patients' care and needs; if this situation will continue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29781/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I am not aware of the case mentioned by the Deputy. The Deputy's question relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004. I suggest that the Deputy provide the details of the case in question to the parliamentary affairs division of the Health Service Executive to enable the executive to investigate the issues raised in his question.