Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is a crisis. I live in Galway and when two operating theatres closed in Merlin Park, we found out that St. Finbar's ward in the centre of excellence is closed. I have mentioned that we find out things by accident. A ward is closed in the hospital in Galway where there are huge waiting lists. When I ask why it is closed, I find it is an absence of staff. If there is an absence of nurses at that level, we have an emergency. We need proper packages, and the package that was provided to attract nurses home has not worked. Is it correct that there has been little uptake of it?