Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the need for the Minister for Health and Children to outline the process by which the location of the proposed new acute hospital in the north east will be decided and if there will be transparency, openness and clarity about the criteria used and direct access by the public to the consultants in order to exercise the absolute right in a democracy to input and express their views on this most important matter and that there will be political accountability at Cabinet level for this decision.

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