Billy Kelleher
Question:770. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff recruited for the phased increase in radiation oncology services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar. [54829/17]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 January 2018
770. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the number of additional staff recruited for the phased increase in radiation oncology services at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar. [54829/17]
View answer771. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the status of the commissioning of new linear accelerators at St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, during 2017; and the number now in place. [54830/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 770 and 771 together.
Two new linear accelerators were installed in St. Luke’s Hospital in order to provide additional capacity to meet increasing demand. Clinical commissioning of these linear accelerators is now complete. There are now a total of four linear accelerators at St Luke’s Hospital and 14 linear accelerators in total in Dublin.
A total of 24.5 posts have been allocated relating to these new linear accelerators.