Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

No. 11 proposes a ministerial rota change for parliamentary questions whereby the Minister for Health will come into the House at the end of next week. There have been many issues presented and highlighted in this House in recent times regarding the crisis in the health service. It is simply not good enough that the Minister is not accountable to the House. Affording us only one opportunity to question him before the end of next week simply does not meet the need.

I am in possession of correspondence issued today by the national ambulance service for the entire west advising that from 1 July there will no longer be ambulatory services for people in regard to dialysis and cancer care.

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