Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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468. To ask the Minister for Health if the new emergency department at University Hospital Limerick will be allocated additional new staff; if not, if this will affect the operation of the new emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31512/17]

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.

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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469. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the new sarcoma specialist starting in their role at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31513/17]

Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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470. To ask the Minister for Health the name of the new sarcoma specialist selected for appointment at St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 469 and 470 together.

The recruitment of an additional post of consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma, based in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, was prioritised to facilitate further development of the service there. St Vincent's University Hospital is responsible for the recruitment process and the announcement of the successful candidate. The Department has been advised that, following interviews for the post, a successful candidate has been identified and an appointment will be made in due course. In the interim, patients requiring treatment for sarcoma cancer will continue to receive high quality care at St Vincent’s Hospital with care being managed by one of the hospital’s full-time oncologists.