Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance)

Does the Taoiseach agree that it is absolutely necessary to have a debate in the Dáil in the next few days on the recent revelations about the children's hospitals in Crumlin, Temple Street and Tallaght? The theatres in these hospitals have been underused. The Meridian report, commissioned by the HSE, has not yet been released. Ten beds in St. Joseph's Ward have been closed in the children's hospital in Crumlin. Ten beds have also been closed in St. Brigid's cardiac unit in the same hospital. There is an urgent need, therefore, for a debate on these issues in the House in the next few days.

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