Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

Many parents in Wicklow rely on Tallaght hospital's emergency department for their children. I have often frantically made the journey on the hard shoulder with my child to bring them to the emergency department, where they get excellent care. When the new children's hospital is opened, the Tallaght emergency department will close for children and it will be an urgent care centre with daytime provision, which will close at 8 p.m. every day, so parents in Wicklow will have to bring their child into St. James's for any emergency care. We hear now that the handover will happen in 2025. That is what has been mooted. How many months will it be following that point until the Tallaght emergency department will close for children in Wicklow? Many parents in the county do not realise that the Tallaght paediatric service will close once the St. James's hospital is open.

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