Clare Daly (Dublin North, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) in County Dublin has to wait eleven months to a year for an MRI scan at the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and the actions that he intends to take regarding same [1827/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be admitted to Waterford General Hospital for an operation [1862/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved.

In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

John Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be admitted for a heart operation to a Dublin hospital as a matter of urgency. [1867/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). 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 and hospital involved.

In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.