Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Question 158: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the well-being of Irish patients availing of the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the UK following revelations on the BBC's "Panorama" programme concerning untrained or unqualified surgeons in private medical hospitals under fast-track surgical programmes. [11690/06]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Department of Health and Children has been assured by the National Treatment Purchase Fund, NTPF, that all the hospitals used by the fund, both in Ireland and the United Kingdom, have been carefully assessed to ensure they meet the relevant quality standards. All consultants who provide treatment for NTPF patients must be fully trained and qualified. This requirement is overseen by the fund's chief medical adviser.