Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Since the start of this Government's term of office, I have been talking about accountability. The Rural Independents were the first people here to raise the issue of UHL and the management structure there. New management has been put in place. In the interim, Jessica Sheedy and Aoife Johnston both died. How many more died? There has been poor management in this hospital. I am not going to mention the name of the CEO, but there is only one CEO. The damage that person has caused to the hospital and to the hard-working staff there is nearly irreversible. Staff have been bullied out of their jobs. How many are on long-term stress leave? How many have left the hospital in the past month? Nurses have left because they were being bullied and forced to cover up things they did not want to cover up. If they came out and said what was happening, their jobs were put in jeopardy.

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