Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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Question 201: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of hospital or accident and emergency charges which went unpaid in each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008; the hospitals' procedures for recovering such unpaid charges; the number of cases of such unpaid charges; the total sum that was referred to an external agency, organisation or other authority for the purposes of debt collection; the details of such external agency, organisation or other authority; the number of cases of such unpaid charges that resulted in litigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40644/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issue raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.