Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health
11:40 am
Dr. Tony O'Connell:
The hospital is examining proposals to extend the service but that will depend on funding being made available in the 2015 national service planning process. The maintenance is not provided by the staff of the hospital. Servicing of this very complicated imaging equipment is carried out by external companies and it is not inappropriate to have such maintenance and servicing carried out during 9-to-5 hours. If the service is not available on a 24-----