716. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1849 to 1851, inclusive, of 26 April 2022, if his Department made contact with the clinical leadership in the acute coronary syndrome programme to examine the proportion of cardiac STEMI transfers and the possible implications to health outcomes given these delays (details supplied); if his Department considered the potential of State risk to medical injury claims through the courts as a result of not providing full-time service access at University Hospital Waterford which could significantly reduce the transfer times and by extension reduce the times to receipt of optimal PCI treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27752/22]

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716. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1849 to 1851, inclusive, of 26 April 2022, if his Department made contact with the clinical leadership in the acute coronary syndrome programme to examine the proportion of cardiac STEMI transfers and the possible implications to health outcomes given these delays (details supplied); if his Department considered the potential of State risk to medical injury claims through the courts as a result of not providing full-time service access at University Hospital Waterford which could significantly reduce the transfer times and by extension reduce the times to receipt of optimal PCI treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27752/22]

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