Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Question 246: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if all theatres are operational in Sligo and Letterkenny hospitals; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10508/08]

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.

Eamon Scanlon (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the waiting times in Sligo and Letterkenny general hospitals for hip replacements, mammograms, knee replacements, tonsils and other general surgical procedures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10509/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Statutory responsibility for the collation, management and publication of data on waiting times and numbers of persons waiting for surgical procedures rests with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). My Department has, therefore, asked the Chief Executive of the NTPF to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.

The management of waiting lists for non-surgical procedures is an operational matter for the Health Service Executive and the hospitals involved. My Department has therefore requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to issue a reply directly to the Deputy in relation to waiting times for mammograms in Sligo General and Letterkenny General hospitals.