Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 26 Feb 1998

Vol. 487 No. 8

Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.

Róisín Shortall

Question:

80 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children if his Department will arrange for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to have an early hernia operation in the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7 in view of the fact he is in severe pain and the hospital seems unable to give him any indication of when a bed will be available. [5334/98]

Minister for Health and Children (Mr. Cowen)

As the determination of in-patient appointments is a matter for the hospital authorities in the first instance, I have asked the chief executive officer of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital to investigate the position regarding this patient. Given the particular circumstances of this case, I have requested that he reply to the Deputy directly, as a mater of urgency.