144 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 13 April 2011, in regard to his stated intention only to answer parliamentary questions about operation issues of a national nature and to refer questions about individual patients and local service issues to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to Deputies; that this is a diminution of our role as Deputies to Dáil Éireann for our constituencies, whereby we should be able to ask questions in Dáil Éireann on behalf of our constituents; that what he is proposing is not in reality a reform of the answering of parliamentary questions to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/11]

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144 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children, further to Parliamentary Question No. 172 of 13 April 2011, in regard to his stated intention only to answer parliamentary questions about operation issues of a national nature and to refer questions about individual patients and local service issues to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to Deputies; that this is a diminution of our role as Deputies to Dáil Éireann for our constituencies, whereby we should be able to ask questions in Dáil Éireann on behalf of our constituents; that what he is proposing is not in reality a reform of the answering of parliamentary questions to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/11]

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