Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2024

Committee on Public Petitions

Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion

Photo of Róisín ShortallRóisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Taking that principle of fair allocation of resources, when we look down through the existing hospital groups - and leaving aside CHI there are six hospital groups - we see that most of the hospital groups have two level four hospitals. Most of them have three level three hospitals. In fact, one hospital group has four level three hospitals. UHL is a complete outlier because it only has one level four hospital and no level three hospitals at all. There is something seriously wrong with that allocation of resources. Would the Minister accept that?

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