Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 134: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times for cataract operations per hospital; the number of people waiting for cataract operations on public waiting lists and on National Treatment Purchase Fund lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6255/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Statutory responsibility for the collation, management and publication of data on waiting times for surgical procedures rests with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF).

The Patient Treatment Register (PTR) operated by the NTPF shows that patients waiting for the 20 most common surgical procedures are now treated within two to five months. The PTR is also in a position to give an accurate picture of the numbers of patients waiting for surgery. I have asked the Chief Executive of the Fund to extract the information required and to reply directly to the Deputy in the matter.