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
Ms Angela Fitzgerald:
It is a fair point. In the advices, we talked about how we leverage what we have. We have looked, first of all, within the walls of Limerick. As was said, there was perhaps a perception that Limerick could work harder with what it had. There is always potential for gain, as the Deputy said. In terms of the interventions that specifically support emergency medicine, our regulatory lens shows Limerick is doing those. The Deputy made a good point that if you can run additional outpatient clinics, you catch people at an earlier point. That is a fair point. It is one of the more broad recommendations we make generally. Leveraging is not just about Limerick. It is also about leveraging and looking at shorter timeframes for bringing on capacity.
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