Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail)
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1316. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a cardiac catheterisation laboratory at Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1699/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Sligo University Hospital is currently served by a mobile Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory which provides services one day per week for elective procedures.

In addition, a Cross Border Cardiology Service was established in 2016 between Letterkenny University Hospital and Altnagelvin Hospital providing primary PCI services for Donegal patients at Altnagelvin. Following treatment, patients are repatriated to either Sligo or Letterkenny University Hospitals.

In 2017 consideration will be given to a wider cardiology waiting list initiative. Any proposal for the development of catheterisation lab services at Sligo University Hospital must first be considered from a hospital group perspective and in relation to the planning for the cardiology needs of the Group population. The development must then be considered in a national context, and in the light of competing demands for scarce resources.