Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, is very much aware of the pressure patients and staff in University Hospital Limerick are facing. If those beds are delivered as quickly as possible, it will help with the pressures Deputy Quinlivan has raised. The Department of Health is looking at what additional measures can be put in place to deal with the real challenges there at present with hospital conditions and waiting lists. I am sure the Minister would have given the Deputy a comprehensive answer to the question when he raised a Topical Issue matter on it. Many of my colleagues have raised the issue within the Government, and I will certainly give any help I can to the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, in making progress on that.

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