Alan Shatter
Question:272 Deputy Alan Shatter asked the Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that waiting lists have escalated to over a year for male circumcisions in a number of hospitals, that the hospitals which currently have a waiting list of more than twelve months include the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, Waterford Regional Hospital, Kerry General Hospital, Cork University Hospital, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and Tallaght Hospital Dublin and that, in particular, Temple Street has the longest waiting list with in excess of 410 waiting for the procedure, 291 for cultural reasons and 120 on clinical grounds; her views on the fact that a report from her Department in 2006 recommended that cultural male circumcisions should be provided by the health service as a matter of policy following on the death of a Nigerian baby in Waterford in 2004 as a result of a botched amateur circumcision; and if she will take the necessary action to have this issue addressed in the interest of the health and welfare of children. [35606/08]
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