Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This Government promised to look after our older people. Why then is it being reported that elderly patients are continuing to be removed or discharged from University Hospital Limerick, UHL, outside normal discharge hours? Are their families being informed? I am told staff are being prevented from speaking out. I want to know why. Is this policy and, if so, why is it continuing? It is unacceptable to move people between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. in the darkness of night. Most of these people are suffering from Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Do we know why this is going on? If not, why not and when will it be stopped?

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