Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

If what the Minister is saying is the case, I want to know why the doctors and nurses in Beaumont Hospital are telling me that the reality is otherwise. I would like to mention two appalling cases in my constituency that recently highlighted the need to deal with this issue. A 90 year old woman ended up on a trolley after arriving at the accident and emergency department. Her family was treated appallingly. I am sending the details of that case to the Minister. I would appreciate it if he could look at them. The family in question does not want to go public. The second case relates to a 20 year old man with cerebral palsy who is peg-fed, non-verbal and 5 stone in weight. There was nobody in the radiology department to deal with his needs at 6 o'clock on Saturday, 31 October last. His family members were so distressed that they had to take him home. When they came back on Sunday, 1 November, there was nobody in the radiology department again. They had to take him home again on the second day. When they came in on the Monday, they eventually got to see a doctor in the radiology department. It is not acceptable for a young man with cerebral palsy to be treated in such a way in any hospital in 2015. I ask the Minister to focus on the provision of proper services to people at Beaumont Hospital.

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