Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

From what we can gather, the new international norm is or will be 150 primary PCI procedures per annum. The HSE and others very often withdraw a service by stealth by slowly squeezing it, and when an assessment is made by HIQA or others, they find there is not enough throughput and then the service is withdrawn. In the context of primary PCI, is there a danger that if Waterford does not get the second cath lab and the catchment area that should be made available to Waterford and the international norms for the number of procedures are not met in the future, HIQA or others could call it a day in respect of the existing cath lab?