Hospital Overcrowding
Seanad Éireann — 2025-06-12
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Dee Ryan (FF), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I appreciate the Minister of State coming to the House to give me that information but, with the greatest respect to him and the Minister, I have heard all of this before. I know all of those figures and about all of those initiatives. Other than the extension of the medical assessment unit hours in Ennis and Nenagh, they are not specific to UHL. What is the Minister considering for this winter? I am not hearing about short-term interventions specifically for UHL, that the Minister is considering a temporary reopening of accident and emergency departments in Ennis or Nenagh, that she will assign additional staff to the UHL emergency department, or that she is planning on installing more temporary beds. We need a specific UHL emergency department winter plan and we need it now.

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Sitting date: 2025-06-12