Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 167: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of hospital wards in the various hospitals throughout the country which have for one or other reason been decommissioned or are only partially functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10880/10]

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.