Question from Deputy Pádraig Rice - PQ 57382-26

To ask the Minister for Health the volume of samples processed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda laboratory that are from private clinics; if consultants on public only contracts must process these samples; the arrangements in place to ensure that public only consultants are not involved in this work; the relevant service level agreements in place with private clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter.