Written answers
Tuesday, 10 October 2017
Department of Health
Hospital Appointments Status
Pat Deering (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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320. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure. [42617/17]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy's questions relate to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.
Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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321. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment with a consultant. [42619/17]
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.
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