Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 2 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Quarterly Meeting on Health Issues: Discussion

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am pleased the Deputy asked about this as I am asking many questions about it. The short answer is that the MRI for Kilkenny is absolutely funded. I thank the Friends of St. Luke's Hospital Carlow-Kilkenny, one of whom has been in direct contact with me, for the incredible fundraising work that the local community has done with this facility. We are putting in more than just a new MRI and there will be a new waiting area. It is quite a sizable investment, to which the community has contributed much. It has planning permission and the next step is to go to tender. I have asked the HSE to come back to me with the date on which it intends to go to tender. I expect to have that information from Mr. Reid very shortly. I assure those people, through Deputy Donnelly, that the project will go to tender very shortly. I have met representatives of the hospital management and HSE estates. It is a major need and opportunity for the hospital.

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