Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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52. To ask the Minister for Health if additional resources will be allocated to the existing cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford in order to increase the laboratory's current capacity to accommodate the estimated 450 additional procedures that will be referred there through additional diagnostic angiograms set to be provided by the mobile catherisation lab; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware that, in his review of cath lab services in University Hospital Waterford (UHW), Dr Niall Herity recommended investment to enhance cardiac services at the hospital and to provide an additional 8 hours' cath lab activity per week to address waiting times and to provide improved access for patients. At the time of the report's publication, I committed to providing the additional resources to UHW as recommended. I am pleased therefore to confirm that an additional €500,000 has been allocated to the hospital for 2017.