Róisín Shortall
Ceist:623 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of people awaiting cataract operations in the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7; the steps which he is taking to ensure that no patient will have to wait longer than 12 months; and when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 is likely to be operated on in view of the fact she has been on the waiting list since June 1999. [20372/00]