James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Chapter five of the programme for Government deals extensively with investment in the health service and local hospitals. Naas General Hospital in my constituency serves 200,000 people across County Kildare and west Wicklow. One of the units most under pressure in the hospital is the endoscopy unit. I recently visited the unit which is located in a prefabricated building in an old part of the hospital. Under a previous agreement, the hospital's endoscopy unit was to be replaced with a new unit. I understand the tender has not yet issued. While some progress has been made, the new unit, which has been repeatedly delayed, is now needed urgently. Perhaps the Taoiseach or the Minister for Health will give an update on the status of the project.

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