Hospital Overcrowding
Dail Éireann — 2026-01-22
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Cathy Bennett (SF), Cavan-Monaghan

I thank the Minister. I would love to work with her to ensure that people do get the step-down units and be able to use them in Monaghan Hospital. Monaghan Hospital was closed a long time ago but there is so much potential there. There are rooms available that could be used for more step-down units. I will definitely come back to the Minister on that.
On the app, is there communication right across the board about patients, hospitals, doctors and nurses? Are they using the app to make sure that patients are being moved on? If there is, say, a cancer diagnosis that cannot be dealt with in Cavan, are they using the app to make sure that patients are being moved on in a timely manner?

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Sitting date: 2026-01-22