We have run out of time so Deputy Troy should ask a brief question.

I will be very brief. A Programme for a Partnership Government has a section entitled Improving Waiting Times for Hospital Procedures. Today I received a letter from the hospital in Tullamore indicating that a person would be waiting 48 months for an outpatient appointment. Along with other Members of the House, I have been working to reduce the waiting lists by facilitating people to travel across the Border to have procedures carried out on cataracts, hips and knees. People who had a procedure done in January are still waiting to be reimbursed. A senior citizen in her 88th year, who had to borrow from the local credit union to have a cataract removed from her eye so that she could see, has been waiting six months to be reimbursed. What will the Government do to support people who are out there supporting themselves where it has failed?

I am not aware of a six-month waiting period for reimbursement. It is important to note that there are capacity issues on this side of the Border.

That is genuine.

There is a cross-border directive that allows people to travel. There are those from the North coming down to the South for procedures, as are people from England, Spain and other places. That is EU law. I have never come across the issue of the compensation representing a delay. I would be interested to hear what the Deputy-----

I will give the Minister of State the reply to the parliamentary question.

The Members may correspond with each other.

If there is somebody who has had to wait for six months to be reimbursed, I would be interested to get the detail from the Deputy.