Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister knows that the operating theatre only opens three days a week. Five days a week would be preferable or seven days a week if there was any sense of urgency about this issue. I have specifically raised the 68 medically complex cases with the Minister on a number of occasions, not for sport but because it is being raised with me. It would appear that the reality of people on waiting lists is not matched by reports that we get in this House. The 68 children who have complex medical needs should be treated here. They may not necessarily be suitable for travel abroad but, to do that, that theatre would have to be open five days a week, if not seven days a week. The three days a week opening is not good enough.

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