907. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health in view of the confirmation that the pigmented lesions clinic at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin 4 is now closed to new referrals between May and September 2016, the locations the new referrals are being sent to; if there are waiting lists at these referral centres; the waiting times in these centres; if there are waiting times, if these are expected to increase, and if so, to what level; if there are best practice guidelines and standard referral timeframes in the treatment of skin cancer; if so, if he will provide the guidelines, specifically regarding cases of suspected malignant melanoma; if these standards and timeframes are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10489/16]

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907. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health in view of the confirmation that the pigmented lesions clinic at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin 4 is now closed to new referrals between May and September 2016, the locations the new referrals are being sent to; if there are waiting lists at these referral centres; the waiting times in these centres; if there are waiting times, if these are expected to increase, and if so, to what level; if there are best practice guidelines and standard referral timeframes in the treatment of skin cancer; if so, if he will provide the guidelines, specifically regarding cases of suspected malignant melanoma; if these standards and timeframes are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10489/16]

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1. 17 May 2016

   Cancer Services Provision

   907. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Minister for Health in view of the confirmation that the pigmented lesions clinic at St. Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin 4 is now closed to new referrals between May and September 2016, the locations the new referrals are being sent to; if there are waiting lists at these referral centres; the waiting times in these centres; if there are waiting times, if these are expected to increase, and if so, to what level; if there are best practice guidelines and standard referral timeframes in the treatment of skin cancer; if so, if he will provide the guidelines, specifically regarding cases of suspected malignant melanoma; if these standards and timeframes are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10489/16]

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