Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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514. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the final report of the non-executive advisory board on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in Cork and Kerry; his plans to provide the necessary recourses for the implementation of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29894/15]

Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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515. To ask the Minister for Health if he will take steps to ensure that a site for a new hospital in County Cork is identified as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29895/15]

Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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518. To ask the Minister for Health given the lack of available space for expansion of services at Mercy University Hospital and South Infirmary - Victoria University Hospital in County Cork, and the recommendation of the non-executive advisory board on the reconfiguration of acute hospital services in Cork and Kerry, if he will prioritise the development of the new hospital in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29898/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 514, 515 and 518 together.

The Chair of the Non-Executive Advisory Board for the Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital Services in Cork and Kerry made a final report to me last month, and in that context, I am aware that the Board has recommended the development of a new elective hospital for Cork which would amalgamate Mercy and South Infirmary - Victoria University Hospitals. It was recommended that the hospital should be built in a modular fashion, over a 10 to 15 year period. My Department's view is that any such development is very much a long term aspiration, and the need for same will have to be prioritised by the HSE in the context of other capital requirements around the country. In the first instance however, it will be a matter for the South/South West Hospital Group to consider the recommendation.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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519. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 660 of 16 June 2015 on the 2,684 cases on the National Treatment Purchase Fund inpatient/day case list for 30 May 2013 in Cork University Hospital, the number of these cases in respect of which the scheduled treatment or procedure was provided in Cork University Hospital; the number of cases in which the scheduled treatment or procedure was outsourced; the number of cases in which no scheduled treatment or procedure actually occurred; and in view of the inability of Cork University Hospital to provide an answer (details supplied) and its view that it is a matter for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, if he will direct whoever is responsible for this matter to provide an answer to the question originally put. [29900/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The responsibility for the active management of waiting lists rests with the HSE and the acute hospital system, enabled and supported by the work of the National Treatment Purchase Fund. My officials have contacted the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the HSE requesting them to re-examine the original response provided to the Deputy, and ensure that he is provided with the information requested.