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 situation in which 18% of all trolley-bound patients in Ireland are located in two hospitals in the north-east region, that is, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, with 10% of the national total of patients and Cavan General Hospital with 8%, which is a regular feature of the region; and call for the opening of the new six-bay treatment room at Monaghan General Hospital on a seven day, 24-hour basis, particularly as staffing complements have been agreed and its operation will be cost-neutral.

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