Dáil debates

Tuesday, 26 February 2019

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

 

3:45 pm

Photo of Mary ButlerMary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The feasibility study and the site selection have been completed for the second permanent cath lab at University Hospital Waterford, with agreement from the South/South West hospital group, the general manager, senior clinicians, consultant cardiologists and politicians at a meeting yesterday. A senior member of the HSE's estates project management team also attended the meeting and informed us that a design team cannot be put in place until the budget has been signed off in the capital plan. The project is ready to progress. Will the Taoiseach ensure the budget can be signed off this week to put in place the design team, which is the smallest part of the budget? Progress has finally been made and we are at the final push. If the Taoiseach could intervene to make this a priority, this vital second cath lab could commence operations as a matter of urgency.

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