12:06PM · 22 JUN 17

Billy Kelleher of Fianna Fáil is up first.

He raises the issue of the death of Thomas Power. The 40-year-old died in an ambulance transfer from Waterford to Cork, after experiencing pains in his chest on Sunday.

His family has said he would still be alive had the cath lab been open at University Hospital Waterford when he sought help.

There has been a long-running campaign for increased cardiac services at the hospital, and for increased hours of operation for the existing lab.

The campaign for a second cath lab at Waterford was the focus of a major political dispute last year. Local TD John Halligan – a junior minister – has long campaigned for increased cardiac services at the hospital, and the Independent Alliance member’s demands put his membership of the government in doubt.