Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 July 2008
123 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Health and Children the breakdown of transferring patients from Mallow General Hospital to Cork for CAT scans over the past 24 months while a CT scanner lies idle in Mallow General Hospital to include costings in terms of transport, man-hours and the operation of CT scans in Cork hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28371/08]
View answer124 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Health and Children the cost of providing a trained radiographer to operate the idle CT scanner at Mallow General Hospital, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28372/08]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together.
Operational responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services is a matter for the Health Service Executive and funding for all health services has been provided as part of its overall Vote. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular issues raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the matters investigated and to have a reply issued directly to the Deputy.
