Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Chair for his commitment to contact the Minister again and trying to get a date that suits him but it is critically important that the Minister comes here because the problem in Limerick is that political decisions have been made to put the resources into the mid-west region when the hospitals are closing the doors and we are dealing with the outcomes of that. A Government plan will only deliver 48 new beds by May 2025, if we are lucky. That means that there is no plan for people here and now. So the Minister does need to come in and explain why it is not a political priority to sort out the hospital in Limerick and the mid-west region.