asked the Minister for Health when his Department will provide finance for the appointment of a consultant radiologist for Roscommon County Hospital; and when this appointment will become effective.

The Western Health Board have been notified of the overall level of non-capital allocation which has been approved for the financing of the board's services in 1981. The question of proceeding with the appointment of a consultant radiologist for Roscommon County Hospital is a matter for consideration initially by the health board.