Seymour Crawford (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local and national importance, namely, the urgent need for the Government to provide the necessary increased funding to the Health Service Executive in the north east so that essential and vital services can be provided within the region such as chemotherapy and dialysis; and the need for the Government to take into account the massive population increase that has taken place in this area, especially in counties Louth and Meath. Never before has the Government had such an amount of taxpayers' money available yet seriously ill patients are being forced to wait.

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