Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I brought this up earlier and the witness mentioned that facilities for 100 beds are being built in Limerick at the moment. On 13 July some 56 patients were on trolleys in one area in University Hospital Limerick, UHL, with capacity for 20 patients. This number has increased to 40. Some patients are sitting on chairs with no social distancing and with staff exposed. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, has asked for an internal investigation.

We are opening 100 beds in Limerick, which is welcome. If one groups all the hospitals in the country into areas, why have we got such a high turnover of nursing staff and consultants within the hospital system? Do certain hospitals have a high turnover of staff? Are they leaving because of the conditions they are being forced to work in?