The Minister for Health has said that Cavan and Monaghan hospital does not have plans to seek additional CT capacity.
Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said that Cavan and Monaghan operate as a single entity, with integrated managerial and governance systems.
Responding to a question in the Dáil from local TD, Matt Carthy, she also highlighted that there are currently two CT scanners and one MRI scanner.
After a dispute with Deputy Carthy in the Dáil, the Minister for Health also outlined that staffing has increased by 70% in Monaghan Hospital.
Minister Carroll MacNeill said: "Cavan and Monaghan together have two CT scanners, and an MRI. Staffing has increased by 70%, the budget has increased by 54%, just for Monaghan alone.
"What you don't like, is how my colleague David Maxwell reminds you of the number of hospitals and services removed in the north of Ireland, under Sinn Féin watch.
"It's about time you recognise the totality of services for people in that region, as the rest of the country do," she added.
During the debate in the Dáil, Deputy Carthy acknowledged the staff increases in Monaghan hospital.
However, he claimed that local representatives have had to fight “tooth and nail” in order to get services for the hospital.
He called for the government to “cut out the middle man” and deliver a CT scanner for the hospital.
Deputy Carthy said: "There have been staff increases in Cavan and Monaghan, and there have been services increase, in terms of provision.
"Every single one required a sustained campaign to force the Department and the HSE to see logic. When it came to the minor injuries unit when Monaghan hospital was operating at the lowest operating hours anywhere in the State, we had to fight tooth and nail to get the same operating hours as everyone else.
"The then Minister said the exact same as the Minister is saying today. When it came to the MRI scanner, I put down questions to Ministers countless times and they gave the exact same answer as the Minister is giving with regard to a CT scanner yet eventually the logic has become apparent and an MRI scanner will be provided.
"That is the result of pressure put on the Department and the HSE. The Government should cut out the middle man, cut out the messing and deliver. It should carry out a feasibility study on a CT scanner for Monaghan hospital because it is what the county deserves," Deputy Carthy added.
