Questions from Deputy Erin McGreehan - PQ 53432-26, 53434-26, 55011-26 & 55013-26

To ask the Minister for Health the reason neither hospitals (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, nor Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, currently ) in Drogheda or Dundalk provides faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients; when it is intended to introduce the service in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [PQ 53432/26]

To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of the absence of faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) services in County Louth on waiting times for suspected bowel cancer patients attending a hospital (Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital) in Drogheda; and if she will provide the waiting time from GP referral to colonoscopy for those patients. [PQ 53434/26]

To ask the Minister for Health the reason faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for symptomatic patients is not provided in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, or Louth County Hospital, Dundalk; when it is intended to introduce the service in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [PQ 55011/26]

To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has assessed the impact of the absence of faecal immunochemical testing (FIT) services in County Louth on waiting times for suspected bowel cancer patients attending Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will provide the current waiting time from GP referral to colonoscopy for those patients. [PQ 55013/26]