Richard Bruton
Question:244 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the time during each week when the MRI scanner in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 is available for use by both private and public patients. [6822/99]
Vol. 501 No. 6
244 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the time during each week when the MRI scanner in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 is available for use by both private and public patients. [6822/99]
245 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the capital and annual running costs of an MRI scanner. [6823/99]
246 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for Health and Children the billing terms of the lease of the MRI scanner in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 to the hospital's private clinic; and the annual revenue from the lease. [6824/99]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 244, 245 and 246 together.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facilities in the public hospital sector are available at Beaumont Hospital. The accepted tender for the installation of this MRI scanner in December 1991 was £1.8 million, which also included building works. No other tenders for MRI facilities have been obtained on behalf of my Department in the intervening period.