Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am sorry; I am trying to be helpful. There have been a number of very difficult issues. One of these is before an inquest which neither I nor the Deputy wish to cut across at this point, although we will both have plenty to say when it ends, as is appropriate. However, I accept that there is a need to do a great deal more in Limerick. I am telling the Deputy that I am specifically following up on the safe staffing levels for Limerick, which have been funded. The Minister for Health recently outlined a number of additional measures he intends to take in the here and now to increase capacity. It is not a question of a lack of budget or a lack of willingness to do more. There is also a need to ask why we are not seeing improvements for patients when we are putting so much additional investment into a hospital. That is what the Minister intends to get under the bonnet of.

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