John McGuinness
Question:432 Mr. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 1164 of 9 October 2002, if the South-Eastern Health Board will issue a reply; the reason some parliamentary questions are not being answered by the board; if normal correspondence is being dealt with in the same way; if this displays the need to establish a protocol for dealing with correspondence from Members of the Oireachtas in a more efficient manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7840/03]