Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will advise on the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17. [12918/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges hospital-based treatment for patients who have been waiting longest on surgical, in-patient waiting lists. The Fund also arranges out-patient consultations for persons who are waiting longest for first time appointments with a consultant. However, this scheme only applies in a number of hospitals and the specialties to which it applies vary from one year to another depending on the length of waiting lists. In addition, a person may not self-refer for an out-patient appointment. The out-patient scheme applies only on application by the hospitals concerned.