Vol. 511 No. 2
115 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in County Kildare will receive treatment for the removal of cataracts in view of the fact she was diagnosed in the Mater hospital in May 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23982/99]
As the determination of in-patient appointments is a matter for the hospital authorities in the first instance, based on clinical assessment of need, I have asked the chief executive officer of 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 matter of urgency.
