Vol. 497 No. 2
238 Mr. Haughey asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5 will have a tonsil operation carried out in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; if it could be three years before this operation is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24530/98]
As the determination of in-patient appointments is a matter for the hospital authorities in the first instance, based on a clinical assessment of need, I have asked the chief executive officer of Beaumont 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 matter of urgency.
