Health Services Issues

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 November 2013

Tuesday, 12 November 2013

Questions (466, 467)

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

466. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the ten most common surgical procedures undertaken in all Health Service Executive run hospitals since the establishment of the HSE; if he will provide in tabular form the total average waiting time for each of these procedures and the total number of these procedures every year since the hospitals have been run by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48122/13]

Lucinda Creighton

Question:

467. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Health if he will provide the ten most common surgical procedures undertaken in all voluntary run public hospitals since the establishment of the Health Service Executive; if he will further provide in tabular form the total average waiting time each year for each of these procedures and the total number of these procedures in all voluntary run public hospitals since the HSE was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48123/13]

Written answers

Minister for Health

I propose to take Questions Nos. 466 and 467 together.

In relation to the detailed information sought by the Deputy, as these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Question No. 468 answered with Question No. 458.