858 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on Valentia Island, County Kerry, there is a local community hospital which is run by a local group that is finding it financially difficult to survive; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the continuation of the service of this facility is important to people living on Valentia Island and the surrounding parishes and they have provided care and assistance back over the years and one of the problems that they have on the island is Health Information and Quality Authority standards that are being applied; his views on suspending the role of HIQA for a number of years and allowing our excellent hospitals to get on with their job of work, which they are perfectly capable of doing, and keeping the high standards that they have had back over the years before HIQA ever came into existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/11]

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858 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on Valentia Island, County Kerry, there is a local community hospital which is run by a local group that is finding it financially difficult to survive; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the continuation of the service of this facility is important to people living on Valentia Island and the surrounding parishes and they have provided care and assistance back over the years and one of the problems that they have on the island is Health Information and Quality Authority standards that are being applied; his views on suspending the role of HIQA for a number of years and allowing our excellent hospitals to get on with their job of work, which they are perfectly capable of doing, and keeping the high standards that they have had back over the years before HIQA ever came into existence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/11]

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