Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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291. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals and specialties that benefited from the recent allocation of 120 advanced nurse practitioners, in tabular form. [42498/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The selection process in relation to the allocation of the advanced nurses practitioner places is ongoing. The outcome of the selection process will be known on 23 October 2017 and I will write to you shortly after that date advising you of the outcome in this regard.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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292. To ask the Minister for Health the number of planned cases by doctor in general surgery at Letterkenny University Hospital in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of cases operated on; and the numbers of cases cancelled. [42499/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Cancellation of elective procedures can occur for a variety of exceptional reasons including cancellations because a bed or the clinical team are not available, cancellations by the patient or because the patient may not be fit for surgery at the time.

Maintaining scheduled care access for all patients and managing emergency demand at times is challenging, however all efforts are made to limit cancellations particularly for clinically urgent procedures.

In response to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly.