Written answers

Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Department of Health

Hospital Appointment Delays

Photo of Tom FlemingTom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent)
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347. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ophthalmology appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36581/14]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a 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 case raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

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