Noel Coonan (Tipperary North, Fine Gael)
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Question 214: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her plans to provide the staff necessary to administer the CT scanner lying idle in Nenagh Hospital in view of the fact that the Health Service Executive recruitment freeze is over; when she envisions the scanner will be operating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21222/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services was assigned to the Health Service Executive under the Health Act 2004 and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular matter raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matter investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.

Ulick Burke (Galway East, Fine Gael)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if there will be a Mayo Clinic within Galway's University College Hospital to provide for the proposed withdrawal of cancer services at Castlebar Hospital; if this involves an extension of the existing facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21229/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The specific questions raised by the Deputy relate to the management and delivery of health and personal social services, which are the responsibility of the HSE under the Health Act 2004. Accordingly, my Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this regard.