Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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169. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been on an urgent waiting list to see a urologist for four years; if there is a shortage of urologists here; and the steps that he will take to shorten the time for persons to see a urologist. [31613/17]

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 this particular issue, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly.