Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Minister of State not to interrupt me. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Corcoran Kennedy, for her answer. My petition today does not concern waiting lists, to which the reply referred. Rather, it refers to 24-7 cardiology cover and the implementation of the Higgins report which clearly states, on page 87, that Waterford Regional Hospital will continue to provide cardiology coverage for the south east population working in collaboration with cardiology services in Cork and that the current service should be extended with new appointments of cardiologists.

I have the book from which I have taken that information, which was published in 2012. We have taken note of the Herity report but not the Higgins report. The people in Waterford and the south east will continue to wait for 24-7 cardiology cover.

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