Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

Prior to the 2002 general election, the Taoiseach and the current Minister for Foreign Affairs promised that a CAT scanner would be delivered to hospitals in Dundalk and Monaghan. On my way here this morning, a pedestrian handed me a copy of the Daily Mail, which has a front page picture of boxes containing a CAT scanner in a laundry room in the hospital in Dundalk. Is this the delivery of the world class health service that the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs committed to provide the good people of Dundalk in 2002?

I understand the HSE has now indicated that this machine will be operational in the hospital in approximately a month. It is time to take stock of the effort made by the voluntary fundraising committee there. I will wait until the Minister for Foreign Affairs finishes his briefing. Has the Minister told the Taoiseach the answer to the question?

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