Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 270: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to referrals from Letterkenny hospital in 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40151/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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As the Deputy's question relates to the operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund, my Department has asked the chief executive of the fund to reply directly to the Deputy in relation to the information requested.

Joe McHugh (Donegal North East, Fine Gael)
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Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if the National Treatment Purchase Fund budget is currently being reviewed as part of the Government's preparations for budget 2011; if she will indicate, insofar as is possible within existing pre-budget guidelines, whether the budget is being targeted for cuts or whether she can guarantee that the budget will not be cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40152/10]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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The allocation to the National Treatment Purchase Fund will be determined in the context of the estimates for 2011.