Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, to require the Minister for Health and Children to account to this House for her role in the chaos into which the health service has descended, an example of which can be seen in the recent case of a woman from Drogheda who, according to her GP, requires two hip replacements and who was given a date in January for an initial appointment with a consultant next January — a full year away so she is not even on a waiting list until then; and for the Minister to explain why such atrocious acts of negligence are being allowed to continue in the health service for which she is accountable to this House. I hope we can get a debate on that.

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