Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish the Minister well in her new portfolio. I will talk briefly about a hospital in my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny, St. Luke's Hospital. Will there be urgent investment in the hospital to improve waiting lists, bed accommodation numbers, accident and emergency overcrowding and waiting times at the hospital? They have escalated significantly recently. Additionally, we now have a critical issue regarding medical and nursing vacancies across the hospital. We have 207 whole-time equivalent positions not filled, permanent and temporary, in St. Luke's Hospital.

What plans does the Government have to invest in the infrastructure, upgrade the facilities and recruit and maintain staff at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny?

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