45 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she took to address the concerns raised in a letter she personally received from a consultant in Portlaoise in 2005 expressing their concerns regarding the quality and reliability of services in the radiology department in Portlaoise General Hospital; if she will assure Dáil Éireann that no further such letters lie languishing in her Department from concerned health professionals regarding specific issues of concern in hospitals and care homes; the procedures and action her Department takes to address such concerns; the systems in place to ensure early warnings from such staff are acted upon in order that they are followed up by her Department in a timely manner in order to avoid situations like that of mammogram misdiagnosis in Portlaoise General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30307/07]

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45 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she took to address the concerns raised in a letter she personally received from a consultant in Portlaoise in 2005 expressing their concerns regarding the quality and reliability of services in the radiology department in Portlaoise General Hospital; if she will assure Dáil Éireann that no further such letters lie languishing in her Department from concerned health professionals regarding specific issues of concern in hospitals and care homes; the procedures and action her Department takes to address such concerns; the systems in place to ensure early warnings from such staff are acted upon in order that they are followed up by her Department in a timely manner in order to avoid situations like that of mammogram misdiagnosis in Portlaoise General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30307/07]

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1. 21 November 2007

   Hospital Services.

   45 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Health and Children the action she took to address the concerns raised in a letter she personally received from a consultant in Portlaoise in 2005 expressing their concerns regarding the quality and reliability of services in the radiology department in Portlaoise General Hospital; if she will assure Dáil Éireann that no further such letters lie languishing in her Department from concerned health professionals regarding specific issues of concern in hospitals and care homes; the procedures and action her Department takes to address such concerns; the systems in place to ensure early warnings from such staff are acted upon in order that they are followed up by her Department in a timely manner in order to avoid situations like that of mammogram misdiagnosis in Portlaoise General Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30307/07]

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