Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Government's summer legislative programme contains a commitment to introduce a patient safety Bill. Is the Taoiseach aware that 81 people were languishing on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick this morning? There were 52 people on trolleys in the emergency department and 29 people on trolleys elsewhere. I am raising this question in the context of last week's closure of a 17-bed ward. When will the patient safety Bill be introduced? Will that legislation bring an end to, or outlaw, the cavalier attitude towards patients' health, welfare and safety that is presently being demonstrated by the authorities at University Hospital Limerick?

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