Johnny Guirke (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We do not want to be back here every couple of months, which is what will happen if there is not a long-term solution. The people we are talking to are telling us that what is needed is for the Minister for Health to overturn the HSE decision to close Navan accident and emergency department and the ICU once and for all, and not pause it. We need the Minister to remove from the HSE policy documents that Navan accident and emergency and the ICU will be closed or downgraded in the future and we need the necessary investments in Navan hospital that are so badly needed in order to have a fully functioning hospital. That is what we are hearing. That is what the people on the ground are telling us is needed for Navan hospital.

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