Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 228: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views regarding a patient who has requested an ENT appointment with a consultant at Beaumont Hospital and received a letter confirming that at the present time there is an average waiting time of approximately four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31528/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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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. Accordingly, my Department has requested the parliamentary affairs division of the executive to arrange to have this matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.