Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to address the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration, namely, the draft plan by the Health Service Executive to cut services in all hospitals in the north-east region, comprising counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath; the grave implications of this plan for patient care and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to tell the Dáil if plans such as this are to be replicated across the Twenty-six Counties; and the need for the Minister to intervene to prevent the implementation of such cuts which would be a throwback to the health cuts of the 1980s.

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