Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position in relation to a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if they will be seen as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23989/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The primary remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund is to facilitate patients who are longest on waiting lists for surgery. The scheduling of admissions is a matter for the relevant Consultant and is determined on the basis of medical priority and having regard to available capacity.

In the event that treatment is not readily available and should the medical condition of the person in question disimprove, their General Practitioner would be in the best position to emphasise the urgency of her case to the Consultant directly. My Department has asked the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Health Service Executive to examine the particular case and to respond directly to the Deputy.