Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The official figures provided by the HSE for Limerick are 38, but as the Deputy knows there is often a dispute between the figures produced by the INMO and those produced by the HSE. Whether the figure is 38 or 82 is beside the point. There should not be that level of overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick. The hospital has had enormous investment under this Government. It has a new state-of-the-art emergency department, which is one of the finest in the country. It has a new wing, the Leben wing, which is fully open and occupied, and has 25 new beds. A further 60 are under construction and should be open in the next couple of weeks. Another 96-bed block is planned.

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