James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an operation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4390/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The management of in-patient and day-case 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). Regarding the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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To ask the Minister for Health if a scan for disc assessment will be arranged as a matter of urgency in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [4396/13]

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