Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 175: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 13 October 2009, if each publicly funded hospital is allocated a quota for referral to the National Treatment Purchase Fund; if so, the quota for each hospital; if it is the case that a person may apply to the NTPF, thus bypassing the hospital quota arrangement; if such is in place, the agreed waiting time for a person before being referred to the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42064/09]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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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.