Michael Lowry (Tipperary, Independent)
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749. To ask the Minister for Health when works to construct a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5495/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The preferred option for development of a second Cath laboratory at UHW is for a lab on the roof of the existing Cardiology Department, which will operate five days per week and provide diagnostic services only.

Funding was allocated in the Capital Plan for the provision of a second Cath lab at UHW. Planning permission was received from Waterford City and County Council in January 2020.  The Disability Access certificate was granted in April 2020. The Fire certificate was granted in June 2020.  Preparation of contract documentation commenced, and contractor selection is complete subject to a cooling off period.  The project went to tender on the 30^thSeptember 2020. The Tender process being used is a 2 Stage process which normally takes about 4 months to complete. Tenders for the main Contractor were received on the 24^thNovember, while the tenders for the mechanical and electrical sub-contractors were received in on the 21^stDecember. The tenders are now being reviewed by the design team.

Works to the new Cath laboratory are due to commence in Q1 of 2021 with a proposed 12-month build.