Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 44: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason the expansion of Waterford Regional Hospital will not go ahead in the planned timeframe promised before the general election in 2007; her plans to ensure that it can fulfil its role as one of the specialist cancer centres in the timeframe envisaged in the cancer strategy being implemented by Professor Tom Keane; the assurances she will provide that patients in the south-east region will have access to a speedy and comprehensive service in the short to medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16235/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The specific question raised by the Deputy in relation to progress under the HSE National Cancer Control Programme relates to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.