Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Question 205: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; if she will investigate the delays that have occurred in providing surgical intervention in this case; if the necessary treatment at Beaumont Hospital will be expedited or if alternative routes to treatment will be identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26216/07]

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. My Department has been advised that the patient referred to by the Deputy, was admitted to Beaumont Hospital on 24 October, 2007, and had his procedure carried out.