Written answers

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

Department of Health

Hospital Waiting Lists

Photo of Niamh SmythNiamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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1432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63234/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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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 Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently waiting on paediatric dental surgical procedures at Our Lady’s Hospital, Drogheda; the current waiting times; the number of cancellations for urgent surgery in the past six months; the reasons for the cancellations; when surgical procedures will resume; and when urgent dental surgery will be expedited for a child (details supplied). [63238/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

Photo of Pearse DohertyPearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
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1434. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Donegal is on the routine or urgent waiting list in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63239/21]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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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 Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

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