Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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213. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) is waiting over 15 months for a knee operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40498/24]

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.