John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 635: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if an operation will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny at the Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, for posterior symmetrical correction and fusion in view of the fact of the pain being suffered by the patient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32432/10]

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. Subject to the resources available to it, the National Treatment Purchase Fund may arrange 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.