Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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613. To ask the Minister for Health if and when consultation for urgent orthopaedic surgery will be arranged in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41010/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists. In relation to this particular query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive, HSE, to investigate the situation and respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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614. To ask the Minister for Health the exact number of patients waiting on the bariatric surgery waiting list at St. Columcille's Hospital/St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin; the average waiting time for this type of surgery; the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny has been waiting 16 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41027/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists. In relation to this particular query raised by the Deputy, I have asked the HSE to investigate the situation and respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.