Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour)
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Question 62: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take to have a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath admitted to have a surgical procedure carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27278/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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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. As the Deputy may be aware, subject to the resources available to it, the National Treatment Purchase Fund arranges treatment for patients who have been on a surgical waiting list for more than three months. It is open to the person in question or anyone acting on their behalf to contact the Fund directly in relation to their case. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.