Séamus Healy (Tipperary South, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

I invite the Taoiseach to visit South Tipperary General Hospital to see that absolutely excellent hospital and its excellent staff who are at their wits' end because of the cuts the Government has introduced. If only from the point of view of human decency, the Taoiseach should take action to solve this problem. There is no excuse not to deal with this problem, because the money is available. If one considers appendix 1 of the Health Service Executive's national service plan, one will note that a sum of €30 million has been set aside to "[t]arget additional capacity and capability in areas within acute services which continue to experience increased service demand, particularly in the areas of access across [emergency departments]". Consequently, the money is available.

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