Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the inequities in hospital per capita funding, which have resulted in significant financial overruns in the first two months of 2006; the fact that the HSE north-east area is the most adversely affected by inadequate per capita funding allocations and its implications for services in the region; the suggested proposed suspension on the filling of new posts and its impact on already over-stretched services; and calls on the Government to consider the doubtful wisdom of employing costly agency staff as opposed to the more cost effective measure of lifting the employment ceilings on health service recruitment.

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