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Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: Correct.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: I am sorry. I thought the Minister had clarified that we are not opposing the motion.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

David Cullinane: I thank the Minister of State. First, I welcome the fact that since the three emergency departments in Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's were closed, this is the first time the Dáil has passed a motion saying that a second emergency department and a second model 3 hospital are needed for the mid-west. I think that is significant. There is a HIQA review that will look at this. That...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: We will resume. Deputy O'Donoghue is able to clarify that while he was raising issues of grave concern to him, he was not attributing any blame to any identifiable individual. Is that correct?

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: That is correct. As there are live investigations at present, I would not like to target any one individual in the context of the matters that are being investigated. I am so delighted that after five years of being here that UHL is finally being investigated. When the investigations are done, I hope criminal charges are brought against the people who have put others at risk and that there...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Michael Collins: I wish to express my sympathies to the family of Aoife Johnston and the families of many others who died in terrible circumstances. I support the motion. Those in our group have continuously highlighted serious concerns about the chronic overcrowding at UHL for several years, especially my colleague from Limerick Deputy O'Donoghue. The Minister for Health's neglect of this emergency has...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Thank you, Deputy.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Michael Collins: That individual is doing his best to make sure that these people have a home and that it is the same home they always had. We have a crisis here that needs to be looked at on a deeper level. It has not been looked at. It has been neglected and is causing major concern in my area.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: From reading this motion, one thing is absolutely clear: an election is coming. There is a clear omission of the usual Government rhetoric of requiring clinical advice. What happened? Have those on all sides of this House finally conceded that the writing is on the wall or is it the case that, as the saying goes, even on the dogs on the street know that the mid-west needs an additional...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: At the outset, I wish to offer my heartfelt sympathies and condolences to the family, friends and community of Aoife Johnston on the death of a beautiful young girl. I cannot even begin to imagine their loss. The Government recognises the challenges in health services in the mid-west region and the distress these have caused to patients, their families and staff. From the start, this...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: 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...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Deputy, can I just say-----

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: Once I get my time on the clock, the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach can say what he likes.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am very happy to give the Deputy his time on the clock. However, I am a voluntary Chair and he is making assertions about a particular person. Because I am a voluntary Chair, I do not feel equipped, nor are any of my colleagues who chair voluntarily, equipped to be able to deal with the assertions he is making. On that basis, I am calling for the suspension of the House to allow for the...

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Richard O'Donoghue: I will be delighted if they come in.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar fionraí ar 6.31 p.m. agus cuireadh tús leis arís ar 6.42 p.m.. Sitting suspended at 6.31 p.m. and resumed at 6.42 p.m.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Mary Butler: Let us be fair: the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, stopped that from happening.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, facilitated the closure of Loughlinstown ED as well. He bought into the lie that existed that the closure of EDs would somehow make people safer. It certainly has not, and the Government needs to apologise for the closure of the EDs.

Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Yes, Aoife Johnston's death at UHL was almost certainly avoidable. What is happening day in, day out at UHL presents a shocking, appalling vista, all because the Government closed down Nenagh, St. John's and Ennis emergency departments and expected UHL to do the work without putting in place the necessary beds or staff. I heard the Minister of State, Deputy Mary Butler, quipping across...