Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The inpatient and day case list for Galway stands at 11,604. Regardless of whether they are from Limerick, Cork, Waterford or anywhere else, I hope people were listening carefully - the figure is 11,604. Recently Deputy Noel Grealish made a suggestion in this House, because of the absolute emergency in Galway, that the Minister would look at the possibility of opening an accident and emergency unit for more minor cases that might be turning up at University Hospital Galway. That is very important. While I do not blame the Minister for Health for this, the Taoiseach closed down the accident and emergency department in Roscommon which was handling thousands of patients each year.

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