Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I again thank the Deputies. I am listening to them and to my Government colleagues very carefully. The debate we are having right now is an important one. I would expect nothing less. I want this debate to happen with the HSE management and the senior clinicians in the room because they need to answer these questions, not just from the Opposition but from the elected representatives of the community. I have been through this process in Wicklow and while ultimately Loughlinstown became a great success story, it was not done properly and the community was left misinformed and scared. Without prejudice to any outcomes to this situation, I want all of us to meet and we can do that more than once. Let us meet the HSE and the senior clinical teams and let us have exactly this conversation with them.

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