Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I concur with the last remarks the Minister made to the effect that the system should not consider that it knows best. This is the concern we have. We received another response yesterday from the management of Letterkenny General Hospital in co-operation with the management of the west northwest hospitals group. It reads to a lay person as if it is addressing the concerns of the parents but I am somewhat unsure. I am trying to be practical and constructive about this. Could the Department obtain a copy of that letter from the manager of Letterkenny General Hospital, Sean Murphy? The Minister knows what the parents are looking for and he has met them. Could the Minister and his Department, in their expert opinion, establish whether the changes are now addressing the concerns of the parents ahead of the meeting next Tuesday? That would be helpful. There seems to be some breakdown or misunderstanding of what is happening. It was clear to us, as public representatives, at a packed public meeting in recent weeks in Donegal that parents who desperately need help expressed the view that they were not getting it and that they were not satisfied with what is on the table. We are asking the Minister to referee and sort it out. I thank the Minister for the work he has done thus far on the issue.

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