Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate the INMO on securing additional front-line staff for a number of hospitals this week. Last week I raised the issue of the Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar and the Taoiseach seemed to belittle my enthusiasm about advocating the rights of the staff at that hospital, where there are 100 fewer whole-time equivalent nurses and midwives in the past five years. I want to ask about the content of the health reform Bill. When will we bring forward legislation to ensure that, as promised, the money will follow the patient, so that when a hospital's activity increases the resources will increase? When can we ensure that hospitals that currently have a deficient level of nursing staff and midwives will have additional staff provided?

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