John Dennehy
Question:128 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposal to provide a lung transplant service for cystic fibrosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12512/02]
Vol. 552 No. 3
128 Mr. Dennehy asked the Minister for Health and Children the status of the proposal to provide a lung transplant service for cystic fibrosis patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12512/02]
The Deputy will be aware that the programme for Government, An Action Programme for the Millennium, contains a specific commitment to support the establishment of a heart and lung transplant facility in Ireland and to ensuring that the programme, when introduced, will be in a position to match the highest international standards in lung transplantation.