Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am happy to hear that but we need dynamic thinking now. We need people to become far more energised rather than saying simply what they can do. It is a question of what initiatives we have to put on the table and how are we going to move them forward.

Speaking of dynamic initiatives, I will turn my attention to Mr. Woods. I am keen to highlight the situation that Deputy Cullinane alluded to earlier, which is the closure of a catheterization laboratory in Waterford since February. This is adding between 30 and 50 diagnostic cases to the waiting list every week.

The problem is that essentially the engineers who are required to travel from abroad will not come into the country to observe a two-week isolation period. If we gave them a Covid-19 test and they proved that they were covid-free, they could come in and do the work. I have been asking the HSE in recent weeks to expedite this. To date, nothing has happened. It is not beyond the wit of man to have this done. Will Mr. Woods give categoric approval to put in place Covid-19 testing, communicate with the squires of that laboratory, get these engineers in and get this cath lab up and running please?