Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Cashel (Tipperary) Hospital.
- Cashel orthopaedic waiting list 2 speeches
The clinic serves only South Tipperary, so no patients from Waterford, Wexford, Carlow or Kilkenny are on its orthopaedic waiting list.
Seán McCarthy, Barry Desmond
- Unappointed South Tipperary orthopaedic surgeon 9 speeches
Dr. Ormonde said a fourth orthopaedic surgeon for South Tipperary had been sanctioned in 1980 but not appointed. The Chair questioned whether the matter was a supplementary to the tabular answer and then moved on to the remaining questions.
Donal Ormonde, Thomas J. Fitzpatrick, Charles J. Haughey, Brian Lenihan Snr.
asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list from Waterford, Wexford, Carlow and Kilkenny for the orthopaedic clinic at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, County Tipperary.
Comment on this
I propose to take Questions Nos. 17, 18 and 19 together.
The information requested is contained in a tabular statement which I propose to have circulated with the Official Report.
Following is the statement:
As out-patient clinics at Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel, cater only for persons from South Tipperary, there are no patients from the other counties on the waiting list for the orthopaedic clinic at Cashel.
Comment on this
Is it not a fact that in relation to an orthopaedic surgeon for South Tipperary that this position——
Comment on this
I am reluctant to cut in on the Deputy but we have been trying to establish a practice whereby we do not have supplementary questions on tabular statements.
Comment on this
I am sure that is just a coincidence. The Chair would prefer if Deputies did not try to put hypothetical questions.
Comment on this
This is not hypothetical. In 1980 Comhairle na nOispedeál sanctioned a fourth orthopaedic surgeon to represent the South Tipperary area. To date that surgeon has not been appointed.
