Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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706. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been on a waiting list for plastic surgery since 2019, will be allocated an appointment for re-assessment pre-operation given the time lapse. [25914/23]

Stephen 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.