Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy has raised a matter of the utmost concern. He will accept that the Minister always tries to be here for Topical Issue debates when he can. His diary did not permit his attendance here today. He is certainly taking this issue very seriously. I will bring back to him the Deputy's additional questions and requests for information. It is important to point out that the hospital has implemented step changes since the report in July. Additional follow-up analysis has been done by HIQA. There are other steps being taken as well. I will certainly keep the Deputy updated on these matters. I will ask the Minister to engage with him with the full information as well. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue.

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