Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

On Deputy Tully's question, I do not have the details of the specific case she has raised. There has been an enormous investment in health, whatever way you look at it, over the last four years, exponentially increasing year on year. There are issues with the recruitment of radiologists more generally. I will try to check out the situation with the Minister for Health in respect of Temple Street and the MRI scans there and what the particular issue is. Sometimes there can be differentiation between emergency needs and elective MRIs. The Minister had given a specific allocation for diagnostics, which resulted in a higher throughput of diagnostics in particular. If the Deputy can give the details to the Minister, we will take it from there.

Deputy McAuliffe made a very good point. Some special schools may have their own arrangements already in respect of food but we will check with the Minister for Social Protection on the roll-out to special schools across the country.

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