Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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137. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to get an urgent date for a surgical procedure in any hospital to remove kidney stones as the person is experiencing chronic pain which is impacting negatively on their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49067/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In relation to the particular query raised, the Deputy has advised that the person (details supplied) is a private patient. Private health care providers are independent organisations and the range of services available, and the criteria for access to those services does not fall under the remit of the Department of Health.

Referral to the most appropriate private healthcare facility should be arranged through the patient’s GP.