Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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1147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) has been placed at the beginning of another waiting list following the retirement of a consultant in University Hospital Galway, despite numerous referral letters being sent by their GP outlining the extreme deterioration of their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47593/23]

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.