Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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632. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a surgical appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; the reason no appointment has yet been scheduled. [11525/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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633. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will receive a surgical appointment for the removal of cataracts. [11533/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, 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 2014,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 Health Service Executive, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.

In relation to the particular query raised, 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.