Ciarán Lynch (Cork South Central, Labour)
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Question 264: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that acute orthopaedic services have been severely downgraded in the past 12 months in the Health Service Executive South Region (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31209/07]

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.