Willie Penrose (Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 313: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to ensure that a consultant physician will be appointed to the Regional Hospital Mullingar in order to bring the complement of physicians up to the original number of three; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this position has not been filled for the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8742/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.