Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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326. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to invest in modern diagnostic services such as X-Ray scans, ultrasounds, and so on to allow for faster turnaround in the new Emergency Department at Limerick University hospital; the way he intends to deal with the fact that there are not sufficient skilled staff available to operate existing equipment with the result that the service is running at half capacity which in turn leads to bed blocking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23127/16]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.