Martin Cullen
Question:20 Mr. Cullen asked the Minister for Health the number of hip replacement operations carried out at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, on behalf of the Southern Health Board; the total cost of these operations excluding transport; the contracted price; the cost of airlifting the patients to Belfast; the anticipated average unit cost; his views on whether these hip operations could have been carried out more cheaply, or as cheaply, in the Republic of Ireland; and if tenders from hospitals in the Republic were sought or received.