Dan Neville
Ceist:194 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children if his attention has been drawn to the serious situation regarding the waiting list for cardiac surgery at St. James' Hospital, Dublin 8, in view of the comment by a senior executive (details supplied) that it is the worst that she can remember and that the likelihood of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick having surgery carried out in the near future is very slim and that, until the Minister makes a decision about increasing facilities for cardiac surgery, this situation is unlikely to change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17142/97]