Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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408. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no policy on patients self-medicating in accident and emergency departments in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda; if this is common practice in HSE hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29472/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Imelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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409. To ask the Minister for Health the policies which govern the area of patients self-medicating in emergency departments of hospitals while they await treatment, be that a general policy or individual policies for each hospital emergency department. [29473/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.