Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 153: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of operating theatres in the Cork University Maternity Hospital; the number of these currently in use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28182/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive 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.

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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Question 154: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when the new Da Vinci operating robot was commissioned at the Cork University Hospital; the cost of this machine; the number of times the machine has been used in robotic assisted surgery to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28183/07]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive 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.