Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Hospital overcrowding is a recipe for disaster if it is accompanied by an increase in transmission of Covid-19 in the community. University Hospital Limerick is consistently the most overcrowded hospital in Ireland. I was informed by the previous Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, and by Mr. Liam Woods, a senior member of Mr. Reid's team, that there were plans to scale up the services being provided in tier 2 hospitals to alleviate overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick. We have not seen any sign of that yet. Where are those plans? When will we see an increase in the number of procedures being carried out in tier 2 hospitals such as Nenagh General Hospital, St. John's Hospital and Ennis General Hospital to alleviate the numbers presenting at University Hospital Limerick?