Written answers

Wednesday, 25 February 2015

Department of Health

Hospital Waiting Lists

Photo of John HalliganJohn Halligan (Waterford, Independent)
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55. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.166 of 14 May 2014, if he will provide a breakdown, in terms of speciality and special interest; if he will confirm the actual cost associated with this outsourcing; if he will further confirm if it is accurate that the money ring-fenced to facilitate this outsourcing has run out, forcing the patients to be re-introduced to the already over-stretched lists in University Hospital Waterford; in view of the 6,456 patients outsourced and the 2,896 that were seen, if these patients' files were expedited as a result of the outsourcing, or if they were at the same level of treatment when responsibility for their care was returned to University Hospital Waterford, essentially resulting in a vast waste of money and resources; the number of the remaining 3,560 outsourced patients due to be seen by the end of June 2014 that have been seen and have had their complement of care sufficiently progressed; if University Hospital Waterford has now completely taken over responsibility for the ongoing care of these patients; his views that this was a fruitful exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8045/15]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up with them.

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