Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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459. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21902/17]

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.

Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent)
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460. To ask the Minister for Health if appointments for gastro bypass surgery in St Colmcille's Hospital, Dublin, have been postponed due to a lack of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21904/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In relation to the query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the HSE to reply to you directly.