Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This is an outrageous situation and simply cannot go ahead. I am disappointed the Minister, Deputy Donnelly is not here and that is no disrespect to the Minister of State. This is an issue that has been on his desk for many months. The reality is that he simply does not have a plan for Drogheda. The Minister of State has seen, heard about and read about the letter from the 16 hospital consultants in Drogheda. No additional resources whatsoever are being made available for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda to accommodate the changes the Minister seems to want to steamroll through next Monday. This is simply unacceptable. Drogheda has had enough problems over recent years. It needs additional resources anyway outside of the fact this decision will be steamrolled on Monday. This needs to be addressed now and it simply cannot go ahead.

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