545. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that access for general practitioners to lung function tests at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, is restored immediately in the interests of early diagnosis of asthma and emphysema and other lung diseases and the better health outcomes that result; and if he will request information from the hospital as to the short, medium and long-term cost increases that will result because patients have to wait far longer for diagnosis. [33407/13]

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545. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that access for general practitioners to lung function tests at the Mater Hospital, Dublin, is restored immediately in the interests of early diagnosis of asthma and emphysema and other lung diseases and the better health outcomes that result; and if he will request information from the hospital as to the short, medium and long-term cost increases that will result because patients have to wait far longer for diagnosis. [33407/13]

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