Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will not say I am none the wiser because that all sounds great, but, as I said yesterday, 56 people are still on trolleys and the district hospital in Clifden has been closed since February because of staffing issues. We cannot recruit. That is a shame. It is not good enough considering the distances from Clifden to Galway city and further to Merlin Park in bad traffic. We have loved ones who had the benefit of Clifden District Hospital for end-of-life or palliative care and respite. They are struggling now and this is having a knock-on impact on University Hospital Galway, UHG. It has been going on since February. We know there is an issue. In fairness, the HSE locally is fully supportive, as are the witnesses and Mr. Gloster previously indicated he is, but the district hospital has been closed since February. Where is the urgency to get it open?