Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Does the Minister agree it is a seriously worrying development when the chief executive officers of four of the largest hospitals in the country write to the HSE to warn that the quality and safety of patient services in their hospitals is seriously threatened by the cuts imposed by his Government? These four large hospitals - the Mater hospital, St. James's Hospital, Tallaght hospital and Crumlin children's hospital - provide national services. As the responsible Minister, he has chosen not to respond, although the correspondence went to the HSE. I have not noted any response from the Minister in this regard. Why is that?

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