Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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58. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention been drawn to the fact that St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, has decided to suspend life-saving gastric bypass operations for dangerously obese public patients; the exact number of patients that are on the waiting list for this surgery; the number of patients on the outpatient list to see a specialist; the reasons this surgery has been suspended; the way he plans to deal with the patients waiting for surgery and outpatients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27040/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.