Thomas Byrne (Meath East, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

In the context of the patient safety (licensing of health care facilities) Bill, is the Tánaiste aware there is a proposal to reduce the number of non-consultant hospital doctors in Our Lady's Hospital in Navan by 50% and there is a suspicion that arguments relating to patient safety will be used effectively to close the accident and emergency department? Is she also aware of a discovery by my colleague, Deputy Cassells, that a manager is to be appointed with a specific remit to engage in the closure of Navan hospital? I would like a response from the Government on that.

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