Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. Unfortunately, some of the mid-west campaign group are not able to attend but I hope they are watching in. There is one person here, I hear.

I thank the Minister and HSE for coming. I will relay some of the messages we have received from the mid-west hospital action group. The group continuously raises the issue of patient dignity and says it does not exist in the corridors of the emergency department of UHL. All of us looking in regularly or daily would agree with that assessment. Lives are being lost there. That is not just us; there are others saying it. The people have endured 14 years of broken promises and failed attempts to address this blatant problem in UHL. Any solutions put forward by the Department and HSE have proved nothing more than reactive patchwork efforts. Does the Minister accept the reconfiguration has failed? Why did we have to get to 2024 before the Minister decided to commission a review into emergency care capacity in UHL?