Michael Bell
Question:184 Mr. Bell asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a limited out-patients ophthalmology service is provided at only one hospital in County Louth; that this limited service is informal and has not been sanctioned by him; that patients from County Louth must travel to Dublin; that because of cutbacks over the past year, this limited service has been severely curtailed; the reason he has not given sanction for the appointment of a consultant at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter.