84. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will address the serious delays in ophthalmic appointments at Cork University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all five ophthalmic surgeons at the hospital have written to the hospital's risk management division warning that the hospital must accept full responsibility for any adverse consequences to patients as a result of the failure to adequately resource the doctors to carry out the service demanded of them; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that as a result of inadequate capacity, patient appointments are being delayed beyond that clinically recommended; and if his attention has been drawn to the figures from surgeons at the hospital that show an estimated shortfall in capacity of 28,260 patient appointments per year. [11828/17]

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84. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Health if he will address the serious delays in ophthalmic appointments at Cork University Hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that all five ophthalmic surgeons at the hospital have written to the hospital's risk management division warning that the hospital must accept full responsibility for any adverse consequences to patients as a result of the failure to adequately resource the doctors to carry out the service demanded of them; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that as a result of inadequate capacity, patient appointments are being delayed beyond that clinically recommended; and if his attention has been drawn to the figures from surgeons at the hospital that show an estimated shortfall in capacity of 28,260 patient appointments per year. [11828/17]

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