Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

I propose the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the implications of the reported €9.7 million budget deficit in the HSE north-east region for service delivery in the north east, particularly with regard to oncology services in Drogheda and kidney dialysis services at Cavan General Hospital and the implications for those in counties Monaghan and Cavan; the impact of the proposed ban on recruitment and other possible service withdrawals on an already chronically underfunded region; and calls for the urgent release of the Pat Joe Walsh report and the Teamwork Management Services report on improving safety and achieving better standards in the north-east region.

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