Ned O'Keeffe
Question:345 Mr. E. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health the number of hip replacement operations carried out in Belfast, County Antrim, under the Cork hip replacement initiative which commenced in November 1993, and is continuing to date; if there has been a reluctance on the part of patients and their families to travel to Belfast; and the medical complications, if any, which have arisen following these operations.