An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2024-03-05
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Willie O'Dea (FF), Limerick City

The question of University Hospital Limerick was raised already this morning. I want to say to the Taoiseach that while I appreciate and accept what the Government has done and is doing, the situation on the ground there is beyond appalling, quite frankly. There was a time when we had three emergency department, ED, backups, which a group of experts within the HSE decided to abolish.
They said the best idea was to centralise everything and that it would be a wonderful success. If what is there now is a success, I hate to see what failure looks like. Will the Government give any consideration to reopening at least one of those EDs because we are at the end of our tether?

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