Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I have outlined some of the things we are doing about it. The hospital has an ask of Government, which we are stepping up to, and that can be seen. We have an ask of them, which is that reforms of working practices are implemented. There is also an ask, quite rightly, from the Senator and other Members who represent the region. This is to do with the services outside the hospital being built up. I will give some examples of how we are doing this. The medical assessment unit, MAU, ambulance protocols for Ennis and other areas are now in place and working well. There has been investment in Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, St. John's Hospital, the national ambulance fleet and GP out-of-hours services. All of these have to come together in order to solve this problem.