Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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621. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 429 of 25 October 2016, the length of time patients are waiting for dental surgery in County Louth; the length of time the 152 children on the paediatric list are waiting, for example, three months, six months, nine months and so on; if the surgery needed by these children can be provided elsewhere as a matter of urgency; if not, the reason therefor; the reason only three adults with special needs have received treatment in the past three years while six adults with special needs are awaiting surgery; if the surgery needed by these adults can be provided elsewhere as a matter of urgency; if not, the reason therefor; the reason there are 17 children with special needs still awaiting dental surgery; if the surgery needed by these children can be provided elsewhere as a matter of urgency; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37664/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for reply to the Deputy.