Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Senator Dolan. I did not answer the question on the CT scanner. The HSE advised that the replacement of the CT scanner in Portiuncula is scheduled for 2021 or 2022, through the HSE equipment replacement programme. Priority for replacement is based on risk categorisation covering age dependability and service history, with capacity for replacement depending on availability of funding.

If there is an issue in anything I have said that could support the management of the hospital in terms of risk categorisation, perhaps it can be reviewed. The Senator should be assured from the Department and the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, that we want to work with all local public and elected representatives to ensure that the 14-bed modular unit and isolation rooms are made available, not just for isolation but the protection of everybody coming into the hospital. I look forward to working with the Senator on that.