Richard Bruton
Ceist:50 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting time on publicly funded MRI scanners is days for private patients but eight months for public patients; the way in which this can be consistent with the stated policy that access is based on medical need; if his attention has been drawn to whether other publicly funded facilities exhibit similar features; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10558/99]