Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 May 2004
284 Mr. Naughten asked the Minister for Health and Children when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 will be called for an operation at Beaumont Hospital; and if they are entitled to have the procedure performed under the treatment purchase fund scheme, in view of the fact that they have been on a waiting list for four years. [15488/04]
View answerResponsibility for the provision of services to residents of counties Dublin, Kildare and Wicklow rests with the Eastern Regional Health Authority. Services at Beaumont Hospital are provided under an arrangement with the authority. My Department has asked its CEO to investigate the matter and to reply directly to the Deputy.
The national treatment purchase fund has asked all of the health boards to identify public hospital patients that have waited the longest on inpatient lists to offered them treatment. Public patients, who satisfy the criteria, can apply to their general practitioners, medical consultants or their local health boards for treatment under the NTPF.
