Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

Ba mhaith liom go gcuirfí an Dáil ar athló chun déileáil leis an cheist thábhachtach seo — despite the Government and the HSE's recognition that Crumlin Children's Hospital has increased its outpatient activity by 8%, the number of inpatients dealt with by 2% and the number of day cases by 12.3%, the hospital is being penalised by the imposition of a staff cut of 120, amounting to almost 10% of the hospital's workforce, there is now an urgent need for the Government to support and respond positively to staff members who are staging a demonstration outside the hospital this afternoon by stopping and reversing the cuts at Crumlin children's hospital and instead intervening to halt the excessive waste of money by the HSE on unnecessary advisers and endless reports.

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