Paul Connaughton Snr (Galway East, Fine Gael)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 32 to discuss an important matter, namely, the ongoing fear and anxiety now shared by many members of staff and thousands of families in its catchment area that Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe is being allowed to run down by the HSE. I call on the Minister for Health and Children, and the HSE, to organise urgently a promised meeting with the unions involved so that the exact situation of this vital general hospital will be made known to the thousands of people who are expected to march in Ballinasloe next Sunday, 28 March, to show their solidarity with an institution that has proved its worth a thousandfold to countless families down through the years.

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