Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West: Health Information and Quality Authority

2:00 am

Photo of Maria ByrneMaria Byrne (Fine Gael)

That is perfect. I am going to cut across Mr. Egan, if that is okay, because I want to get one more question in. I agree that once the 96-bed block goes up there is not an awful lot of room left on the site. I have been engaging with residents in the area who were involved in the objections to the previous one because of the impact on them. The hospital would run into issues if it was to expand.

I wish to pay tribute to Ms Sandra Broderick and the team involved there now. In terms of reducing bed numbers, having people leave the hospital over the weekend has really helped, as has getting consultants to work at the weekends. I wanted to acknowledge that.

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