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Dáil
‹ Order of Business

Sligo mammography service

Summary

Michael Colreavy protests the removal of mammography equipment from Sligo General Hospital and the loss of promised services, but the Chair rules that the matter must be raised through another procedure.

Will the health reform Bill include provisions for informing communities when changes are to be made in acute hospitals? Mammography equipment was stolen overnight from Sligo General Hospital by agents of the Health Service Executive some months ago. It was purchased following fund-raising by local people in Sligo, Leitrim, south Donegal and west Cavan.

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Michael P. Kitt An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

I wonder if the Deputy could put this into a Topical Issues matter.

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It was taken away and despite promises that mammography services would be restored to Sligo General Hospital, we have now been told by the HSE that these services are gone.

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Michael P. Kitt An Leas-Cheann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

That does not arise on the Order of Business. The Deputy can raise it some other way.

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I raised it with regard to the health reform Bill.

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There are no Topical Issues matters today.

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