Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Against the backdrop of the overruns in the cost of the children's hospital, there is considerable concern about the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory facility at Sligo University Hospital. A review has been going on for more than a year. There is concern about the provision of the laboratory and the provision of other capital projects in the region as a result of the children's hospital cost overrun. Will the Minister outline a timeline for when it will be provided, particularly against the superior influence, it seems, that the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, has over Deputy McLoughlin from the Minister's party in terms of the provision of a second cath lab in Waterford while we still wait for one in Sligo.

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