Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

An older person with a urinary tract or kidney infection who needs intravenous drugs and fluids can be brought to the community nursing unit and avoid the emergency department in Limerick. Please God, they will be back home with their loved ones within 48 to 72 hours. It is not a decision that was taken lightly, but it was taken for the greater good to try to support the emergency department in Limerick. I will give the Deputy a guarantee on the floor of the House that I have been given a firm commitment that as soon as the 96-bed unit in Limerick opens, which will provide 71 additional beds, families and their loved ones will be able to move from St. Conlon's into the new unit when it is staffed.

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