Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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624. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who is on pain medication for scoliosis and who was categorised by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon as urgent in February 2016 will be given an appointment to be assessed for treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45646/17]

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 particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.