Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss the following matter of national importance requiring urgent consideration: the implications for Government and Health Service Executive policy and planning of acute hospital provision in this State of the OECD report showing that in the north-east region the HSE has based its plan for downgrading of hospitals and the centralisation of services in two and ultimately one hospital on a population-to-hospital ratio presented by the College of Surgeons in England and without properly considering other international models of hospital provision; and the need for the Government and the HSE to radically revise its approach accordingly.

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