asked the Minister for Health if he will consider having an X-ray apparatus installed in Lifford District Hospital, County Donegal, in view of the fact that the surgeon in this hospital is badly handicapped for want of this apparatus.

According to the information available in my Department, a portable X-ray apparatus was provided in Lifford District Hospital in June, 1947.

If the local authority consider that the existing X-ray apparatus in Lifford District Hospital falls short in any way of requirements, any proposal which they may think fit to make to my Department with a view to remedying the position will receive sympathetic consideration.