Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 161: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of persons treated in each of the public hospitals throughout the country in each of the past five years to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10874/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to an intensification of industrial action in the public service by members of IMPACT, the HSE may not be in a position to provide a response to this Parliamentary Question within the normal timeframe.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number and location of hospital theatres in both public and private hospitals that are idle or have become idle in recent years; the reason for such; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10875/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I have no function in relation to the day-to-day operation of private hospitals, which are independent commercial undertakings.

As the element of the Deputy's question which refers to public hospitals is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. I wish to advise the Deputy that, due to an intensification of industrial action in the public service by members of IMPACT, the HSE may not be in a position to provide a response to this Parliamentary Question within the normal timeframe.