Cathy Bennett (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I thank Mr. Gloster for that reply.

I have submitted several questions on CT and MRI scanners in Cavan hospital that have not been in operation. I have letters that contain the figures. The scanners have not been in operation for quite a bit of time. One of my top priorities is that we would have services like this available in Monaghan hospital. The Cavan hospital has machines that do not function most of the time. When people go to that hospital, they cannot get services and must travel to Dublin to get a scan done using an MRI or CT scanner. For the people of counties Cavan and Monaghan, it is not good enough that we do not have scanners or CT machines in operation in either hospital. I ask Mr. Gloster, as the representative of the HSE, to have machines available in both hospitals and operational at all times?