Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 149: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospitals that use the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme in relation to hip replacement operations; the location of such hospitals; the number of operations that have been carried out in each over the past three years that used the National Treatment Purchase Fund scheme; the name of the hospitals that have a waiting list for such operations; the number on such waiting lists; the number of hospitals that have extended the timescale of the scheme from the original waiting period of three months to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14872/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, my Department has asked the Chief Executive of the Fund to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.