Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----that they get to the most appropriate centre as quickly as possible, which might not necessarily always be the nearest centre. If someone has a major trauma, he or she needs to go to a trauma hospital that has a trauma orthopaedic surgeon. We must begin to think differently about where ambulances take people in order that they go to the right hospital, not necessarily the nearest one.

Deputy Naughten is aware there are currently 200 consultant vacancies. I believe the position of geriatrician in Portiuncula is one of the vacancies. If it is, we will certainly do our very best to fill the vacancies. Each and every vacancy is a priority. I will not say that a consultant in Deputy Naughten's local hospital should be prioritised over a consultant service in another local hospital as quite frankly that is a parish pump approach, but I will prioritise the filling of all those vacancies as much as possible.

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