Séamus Kirk (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I find it very difficult to accept the Minister's assertion that patient experience timelines at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital are broadly in line with national timelines. That is not what I am hearing in my constituency office, where people are complaining about the extraordinary length of time they are spending on trolleys there. I am appealing to the Minister to give special attention to the hospital's accident and emergency unit to see whether he and his Department, working with the HSE, can improve patient waiting times and remove as many people as possible, as quickly as possible, from trolley accommodation.

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