Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

There is no doubt about the excellent work the NRH does. However, 12 beds were closed at the end of 2017. The hospital managed to get funding to get six of them reopened but then another six were closed because it could not get the paediatric consultant cover. If it is related, as discussed earlier, to the sort of apartheid new-entrant levels of pay for consultants as a result of austerity cuts, then it has to be addressed. This situation cannot go on with the girl I just mentioned who needs this rehab urgently, as well as the many others who need rehab. It is unacceptable.

We need to sort this out. We need to provide necessary resources to recruit the consultants to do this vital work.

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