Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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311. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a person (details supplied) who is awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8304/16]

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.

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 HSE, 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.

Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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312. To ask the Minister for Health the reason treatment under the national purchase fund for a person (details supplied) has been approved on the condition that the surgery takes place before 6 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8305/16]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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With regard to the specific query raised by the Deputy, 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.

Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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313. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a surgical procedure for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8322/16]

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.

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 HSE, 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.

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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314. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a case (details supplied) where a person who was placed on a public waiting list for a tonsillectomy operation and after a two-year wait was transferred to a private waiting list in November 2015; if the matter will be investigated and arrangements made for this operation to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8330/16]

Leo 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.