Written answers
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
Department of Health and Children
Hospital Services
8:00 am
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 229: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that children originally waiting five months for an appointment at the ophthalmology clinic in Crumlin children's hospital, Dublin, are now having to wait an additional six months for their appointment due to staffing shortages and if she will make provision for additional doctors to be immediately taken on to address the shortfall, as is necessary if children are to be seen within a reasonable time frame. [2203/11]
Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)
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As this is a service matter, it has been to referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Question 230: To ask the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 15 December 2010, the number of beds lost to the hospital system in areas such as Monaghan, Dundalk, Navan, Ennis, Nenagh and so on; if she will advise on a hospital-by-hospital basis the way increased beds were provided as shown by the total number of beds available in her reply of 15 December 2010; her views on whether it is strange that there would be so many extra beds available yet so many hospitals have closed down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2238/11]
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.
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