Bobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have raised this issue on numerous occasions through parliamentary questions and a Topical Issue as recently as two weeks ago. We fought it at election time. I am also from the south east - Kilkenny - and we have constantly raised this matter. We want services 24/7 in University Hospital Waterford but we are not getting them. This proves a point. We said it was going to happen and now it has. There is a family with a death on its hands, the cost of a service not being made available. Someone has to do something about it. We have a Minister of State who said he fought an election on it and that he would leave Government over it, but the is still not available.

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