Frank Feighan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Fine Gael)

Once again, I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to raise a matter of national importance, namely, the continuing recruitment embargo by the HSE, which is affecting services and putting lives at risk. It is affecting day-care services for elderly people who sacrificed so much for this country and contributed so much thereto. They are now losing their very much-needed care. In my area, 50 elderly people lost day-care services provided by Plunkett Home in Boyle due to this embarrassing embargo. I call on the Minister for Health and Children to show some compassion and flexibility with a view to addressing the recruitment ban from her foreign office in New Zealand and to reflect on the plight of the elderly on St. Patrick's Day from so far away.

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