Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an appointment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37993/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the case investigated and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Patients waiting more than three months on a surgical waiting list may qualify for treatment under the National Treatment Purchase Fund. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on her behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to her case.