Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Motions do not change anything. If we want to be serious about solving issues, we can play politics with motions or we can try to solve the issues. Staffing numbers have increased significantly in all hospitals. In the case of Naas General Hospital, there is a significant difference between the staffing levels five years ago versus today. There is a balance and resources will continue to be applied to health, but there is also a balance in using those resources in the most effective and efficient way possible. Patients are the concern of all of us and we have to put patients first. There can be different reasons for cancellations and we do not have the time in the one-minute exchange allowed here to go through all of that, but there can be good reasons for some and poor reasons for others.

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