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 implications of the claim by the Minister for Foreign Affairs that there is not a red cent to develop the proposed north-east regional hospital, his further statement that the focus should be on services in existing hospitals and the statement from HSE chief, Professor Brendan Drumm, that these services will continue to be cut regardless of whether a new regional hospital is developed; and the need for the Minister for Health and Children to clarify in the Dáil Government and HSE policy on hospital provision in the north-east region and to answer questions, particularly from Deputies representing the relevant counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath.

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