Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

One in three patients on hospital trolleys in this country is attending University Hospital Limerick. That means there are more people on trolleys in Limerick than in all of the Dublin hospitals combined. This has given rise to conditions in the hospital that are Dickensian and inhumane from the point of view of patients and staff. There is a block under construction at the hospital. When does the Taoiseach expect it to become operational? How many new beds will be provided in this block?

Some of the beds being provided there will only replace beds that are being decommissioned. When will the next planned phase be operational? When will the surgical hub, which is designed to alleviate some of this situation, become operational?

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