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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: That is why we are here - to hear statements of fact.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: I wish to make a quick comment but I will give way to the Senator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: I will not speak for anyone else. I cast no aspersions on whether Dr. Herity has any conflict of interest – I do not believe he does. I have not doubted Dr. Herity's professional experience. Let us park that for a moment, if we can accept that much. That is not at play. What is at play is what Dr. Herity has stated in his report and what he has said in his opening statement. We...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: Can I just-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: I thought my question was very direct. I will speak briefly. Can I just put this to Dr. Herity?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: In Dr. Herity's professional opinion, does he believe that if University Hospital Waterford has PCI 9 to 5 and is also doing planned work, all of that can be serviced by one lab?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: It is what the Government is proposing.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: That is not the question that I am asking. I am asking, in Dr. Herity's professional opinion, if one lab can do both? Yes or no?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: Yes or no? Can University Hospital Waterford do both the planned and emergency work with one lab?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: That is not the question I have asked. I am asking Dr. Herity to answer the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: He has not. Yes or no?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: So the answer is "no"?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: I am asking Dr. Herity.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: If there were a second lab, would it improve the chances of increased services in Waterford?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: Is that because of capacity or convenience? If that service were available in Waterford, could those patients be referred to Waterford?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: If there were a second lab, then there would be more capacity and it would have the ability to receive more patients.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: Dr. Herity cannot cherry-pick elements of Professor Higgins's report in the way he has done.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: That is exactly what Dr. Herity has done. As he has read the report, he will know that in terms of cardiology services Professor Higgins committed to the south east being serviced by University Hospital Waterford. It is obvious that he does not agree with that analysis. The synergies mentioned between Cork and Waterford are the opposite of what he has proposed in his report, but that seems...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: Dr. Herity refused to answer my "Yes" or "No" question because he knows that the answer is "No". It is not possible for one laboratory servicing even the effective population of 240,000 people for which he opted to do both planned and emergency work. The logic of his report accepts that that is not possible, but that is what is happening.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Catheterisation Laboratory Clinical Review: Discussion (8 Feb 2017)
David Cullinane: Dr. Herity seems to be glossing over this completely as if it was irrelevant. It is crucial.