Keith Swanick (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

More use could be made of the district hospital network, which includes some very remote hospitals. Services such as pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation could be carried out at such hospitals, which would mean that patients would not have to travel for an hour or an hour and a half to a main acute hospital. The provision of such services would facilitate the preservation of our district hospital network. With a little lateral, solution-driven thinking, it is very simple to put in place good services that benefit patients at very little cost. I am be happy to work with the Minister to further such measures.