David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister for his response. He may be correct on the turnaround for a modular lab but it is 20 months since Professor Herity made his report. The Minister referred to his recommendation for additional hours and said he is frustrated that the additional capacity has not been provided. That turnaround time has not been impressive. When patients in the south east hear the Minister saying there may be a difficulty putting a modular lab in place because of the turnaround, they know it has been 20 months without progress on the additional hours. If the decision has been taken four months ago to do this, we would have been four months ahead of ourselves. The problem is the Minister has not made the decision. It is only at the point he makes the decision that there is a possibility of a turnaround. There is no possibility at the moment because no decision has been made. Has he made the decision to deploy one?