National Children's Hospital
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-15
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Pa Daly (SF), Kerry

On the legal costs, the Minister of State referred to the costs of the board. Are they the total legal costs, including those of anyone who is claiming against it? It is possible to fix the problems at Kerry General Hospital. In February, there were three ICU beds at University Hospital Kerry, whereas one month later, there were 17, thanks to the great efforts of the ICU staff and the additional resources that were put in place due to Covid. We were able to get some answers more or less straight away, but now I fear we are back to circumstances in which a PR firm has been engaged on behalf of the hospital. The reply to this question came faster than it would have come from the PR firm. I thank the Minister of State, therefore, for the efforts she made in her contributions.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-15