Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to discuss the following urgent matter: the need for the Minister for Health and Children to indicate when €2 million will be made available to the South Eastern Health Board to resource the new unit at South Tipperary General Hospital. The delay has caused severe distress to staff and patients. I ask the Minister to make this funding available as a matter of urgency if the unit is to be retained. Management of the hospital and the people of south Tipperary waited a long time to have this unit provided. It is vital that the unit be run to full capacity and not lost to the county.

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