Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34520/10]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 209: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34871/10]

Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 210: To ask the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34872/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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I propose to takes Questions Nos. 170, 209 and 210 together.

As these questions are service matters, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply. However, I would like to advise the Deputy that the scheduling of patients for hospital treatment is a matter for the hospital 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 hospital.