Hospital Inspections
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-21
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Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (FG), Dún Laoghaire

On the HIQA report, of the 43 actions in the compliance plan, I understand 18 have been completed and the rest are under way. It is important to highlight that. I want to look at the region in a very interesting way because it is a region that will have a new surgical hub opening shortly. It is a region where we are planning an elective hospital, in Connolly. It is a region where the hospitals are geographically concentrated. I am not yet convinced what all of the different pathways are and what the different specialisms are and how they intersect. It is a region of particular opportunity and Navan has a strong role to play within that.
On the immediate safety issues, ambulance bypass protocols are in place to ensure that patients receive the right care. For example, patients are stabilised and, if necessary, transferred to other hospitals. Patients classified as categories 1 and 2, including cardiac and stroke patients, are not brought to Navan hospital by ambulance. Beaumont and the Mater, which are specialist centres for both of those cohorts, are very close. That is what I mean by looking at the region in a different way.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-21