Dáil debates

Tuesday, 11 December 2018

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

3:35 pm

Photo of Imelda MunsterImelda Munster (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to raise the matter of the change to the name of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital proposed by hospital management without any prior public consultation whatsoever. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital was founded and built by the Medical Missionaries of Mary.

The hospital build was funded by the people of Drogheda over many years through fundraising events and weekly door-to-door collections. The people are outraged by this proposed name change without any public consultation. The hospital manager has stated it was time for real change but surely it would be better to concentrate on and effect real change by curbing hospital waiting lists or providing a second badly-needed X-ray room. The people of Drogheda want to be consulted on this matter. They deserve to be consulted on it. Will the Taoiseach or the Minister for Health contact management at the hospital and ask them to engage in a public consultation process so that people can have a say on their hospital.

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