asked the Minister for Health the present position regarding improvements at operating theatres at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway.
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Deputy Frank Fahey (Official Report of 1 November 1984, Question No. 504) on the same subject. I have nothing further to add.
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asked the Minister for Health if he will give full details of the number of persons waiting for hip replacement operations at Merlin Park Hospital, Galway; and the length of the waiting period being experienced.
Information of this nature is not available on a routine basis in my Department. I suggest that the Deputy might seek the information from the chief executive officer of the Western Health Board.