Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Nobody in Donegal would argue that Letterkenny University Hospital should get the same allocation per inpatient as the likes of Beaumont, the Mater, St. James's or University Hospital Galway. That is accepted. Let us look at one comparison. In Letterkenny we had more inpatients in 2019 than St. James's Hospital, with Letterkenny having the sixth largest number and St. James's having the seventh largest number. Look at the budgets, with Letterkenny having €145.237 million and St. James's having €396 million. That is almost three times the budget of Letterkenny, despite having fewer inpatients. That cannot be explained other than to be labelled as discrimination. I can provide the Minister with the statistics. I assure him that when he looks at them, he will have to admit that this must change.

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