Written answers
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Department of Health
Orthodontic Service Waiting Lists
Colm Keaveney (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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763. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question N0. 60 of 14 October 2015, his views on a response issued by Galway University Hospital on 22 October 2015 stating that the orthodontic treatment waiting list is currently running at approximately three years,and that, therefore, it is anticipated that a person (details supplied) should be seen in July 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37951/15]
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 in this issue, 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.
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