Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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618. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 408 of 23 June 2015 and 443 of 30 June 2015 and the replies from the Health Service Executive of 3 July and 4 July 2015, his views on the executive providing neither dates nor timeframes for appointments for critical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans; whether this treatment of patients is acceptable practice by Galway University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28760/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to your further query on this 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.