Question from Deputy Mattie McGrath - PQ 12709-26

To ask the Minister for Health the detailed breakdown by whole-time equivalent number the various clinical specialties that provide staff and service to the cardiac cath labs in University Hospital Limerick as part of the 24/7 cardiac schedule (For avoidance of doubt, can the report highlight the number of interventional cardiologists presently in position at UHL cardiac suite and record the number of working hours they are contracted to provide to the public service each week. Can the report also detail the number of whole-time cardiac physiologists, cardiac radiographers, cardiac technicians, and cardiac nurses assigned to the cath lab suites at UHL broken down into full time or part time employment status where relevant?); and if she will make a statement on the matter.