Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans for the provision of an additional rheumatologist based at Tallaght Hospital; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the sole rheumatologist based there has to cover a catchment area between Tallaght and Naas General Hospital with a population estimated to be 450,000, while the estimated requirement, confirmed in a Comhairle Na nOspidéal report, is one rheumatologist per 70,000 of the population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11303/07]

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.