Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 November 2017
156. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason 20 persons in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, (details supplied) are clinically discharged but due to blocked treatment pathways are prevented from proceeding to the next step of their treatment. [47247/17]
View answerUnder the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
