John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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503. To ask the Minister for Health when an operation which was deemed necessary and urgent in 2014 will be arranged for a person (details supplied); if the chief operations officer of the Dublin midlands hospital group will be requested to provide comprehensive information on the history of this case, when the person was first diagnosed and all actions after that to date including when the person was last contacted and examined; if the person has been given a written report following a recent review of their notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3187/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, 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 the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.

Shane Cassells (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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504. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3190/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, 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 scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.