Róisín Shortall
Question:204 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow has been on the waiting list for a hysterectomy for 16 months; his views on whether it is acceptable that her operation in St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, on 25 May 1998 was cancelled on 23 May 1998; if he will have arrangements made for this operation to be carried out without delay in view of the considerable distress which this and the long waiting time have caused to this woman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14108/98]