Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 September 2018
109. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health further to his replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 606 of 12 June 2018 and 275 of 3 July 2018, when a person (details supplied) will have the surgery in view of the fact the person has already been on a waiting list for this procedure for more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/18]
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.
The National Waiting List Management Policy, a standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, since January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has been adopted by the HSE, sets out the processes that hospitals are to implement to manage waiting lists.
In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.
