John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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988. To ask the Minister for Health if a procedure to deal with a dislocated hip will be arranged at University Hospital Waterford will be expedited as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) [39590/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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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 directly to the Deputy as soon as possible.