Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I want to discuss the situation in our hospitals, particularly our acute hospitals. Nobody could deny that there is a state of chaos in some of our major hospitals this morning. In Beaumont, outpatient waiting lists have increased in the last few months by a thousand percent. A 33-bed surgical ward was closed last week, which will drag more patients onto waiting lists-----

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