Denis Naughten (Longford-Roscommon, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the House under Standing Order 31 to discuss a matter of national importance, namely, in light of the fact that patients awaiting living kidney donor transplants at Beaumont Hospital were informed last week that the service has been suspended following a previous misleading statement by the HSE that such operations were continuing uninterrupted, the immediate need for the Minister for Health and Children to clarify the exact position regarding such procedures; provide an alternative facility to perform the tran splants; and guarantee to the House that the report on the debacle, which she will receive later this week, is published without delay to ensure patients are provided with unambiguous information on the current status of transplant procedures at the hospital.

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