Séamus Healy (Tipperary, Workers and Unemployed Action Group) | Oireachtas source

We are getting the usual spin from the Minister of State. We want to know the answers to questions. When will the allocations for equipment and staffing be made and how much will they be? We want those allocations to be made immediately. We have already been waiting for seven months for something to happen. It appears that the HSE may be intent on not opening this unit when it is completed. The Save Our Acute Hospital Services Committee got 15,000 people onto the streets of Clonmel with regard to a previous hospital issue and we will do the same again if the proper allocation for staffing and equipment is not put in place. I remind the Minister of State that we have local, European and possibly general elections on the way so the sooner he makes the allocations, the better. They need to be full allocations so this unit can be fully operational for at least the next autumn and winter period.

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