An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2022-12-06
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Michael McGrath (FF), Cork South-Central

I thank the Deputy. The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, has spoken to some colleagues on this issue and has made it clear that, contrary some reports, the ED in Navan is not closing this month. Of course, a concern the Deputy has is the knock-on consequences for Drogheda and the ambulance bypass protocol. The only change, as I understand it, is in a very exceptional and specific circumstance where in the opinion of the paramedic in the ambulance, some discretion is being provided on certain narrow grounds the Minister and the HSE will clarify. Those wider changes are not happening.

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