Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 778: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can be referred for treatment under the treatment purchase scheme for back surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1815/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) was established to expedite the provision of treatment for patients on public hospital waiting lists who have been waiting longest for surgery. The NTPF purchases procedures for public patients predominantly from private hospitals in Ireland.

My Department has asked the Chief Executive of the Fund to outline for the Deputy the protocols and procedures in relation to referring patients for treatment.