Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I have a question about access to diagnostics. In the case of Temple Street hospital, for instance, a child who needs an MRI scan, in conjunction with a general anaesthetic, will be put on a 27-month waiting list. At more than two years, it is the longest wait time anywhere in the developed world. When the new hospital is operational and assuming there will still be these waiting lists, will it be possible for parents to pay to have quicker access to diagnostics using the same machine other children are waiting more than two years to access?