Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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Question 130: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will expedite an appointment for an MRI scan in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21041/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I regret that due to industrial action I am not in a position to provide a substantive response to your Parliamentary Question. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.

The scheduling of patients for hospital treatment is a matter for the consultant concerned in each case and is determined on the basis of clinical need. Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant involved.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 131: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a child (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive an appointment for treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21064/10]

John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that due to industrial action affecting the Health Service Executive it is not possible for the Executive to supply the information requested. If this matter remains of continuing concern to you, however, I would invite you to raise it with me again in due course.