Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We expect the handover to be completed as early as this month. In addition, the modular emergency department and outpatient facility are scheduled to be equipped and commissioned in the first quarter of next year. That will facilitate the expansion of the hours of the permanent pacemaker implantation, PPI, service and the cardiology service in Waterford. There will be a challenge around recruitment. Recruiting people to work 24-7, nights and weekends, not just for a few years but for their entire careers, is a real challenge. However, it is something we will try to do. We will try to extend the hours of operation of those services. The Deputy can rest assured that we will do all that we can to achieve that.

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