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Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----was to be carried out in respect of hospitals that were similar to Ennis hospital. That was never done. Roscommon was identified specifically in respect of the Mallow report.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: That is the independent health regulator-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----pointing out that a situation was unsafe. The politically expedient thing to do would have been to continue on-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----until something serious happened.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The Government, the Department of Health and the Minister would have been in possession of information from an independent body stating that the-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----emergency department was unsafe from that point of view. We cannot do that and unlike Deputy Martin, we will face the tough questions in respect of dealing with patient safety and sorting out the endless litany of problems that have been left to us. I point out to the Deputy that when I said things will change in Roscommon-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----and they will change, I checked the position. I even got the registration numbers of the five ambulance vehicles. There are four crews.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Deputy Ó Caoláin may well laugh but the fact is that the rapid response vehicles, of which there are now two with a full-time crew available 24 hours per day, seven days per week, are part of the changes the Government will prove are for the betterment of services for patients and people in general.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: We will now move on and demonstrate that Roscommon hospital-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----has a real future in terms of health service delivery, is secure and will not be closed down, as happened other hospitals.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The fact that a stream of invective comes my way from the decent people of Roscommon is an indication of anxiety and concern.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I understand that is the case in public life. Deputy Feighan raised with me yesterday his concerns over palliative care patients.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Patients regarded by the palliative care nurses as requiring some treatment in hospital can have their transfer to Roscommon hospital effected by ambulance. This would not be constituted as an emergency because it would not be an accident and emergency case. It is common sense that elderly people in receipt of palliative care should be, on the determination of the palliative care nurse,...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: There is no danger of closing down Roscommon hospital. There is every potential for it to play a fundamental part in the delivery of an effective health service that regards patient care as central.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: Sinn Féin's Minister in Northern Ireland recommended the closure of three emergency departments in favour of a nurse-led service. In Roscommon, there is a doctor-led service, including a GP-led out-of-hours service. The HIQA report stated there are risks associated with a number of hospitals and that these must be addressed. If the Deputy follows his own logic, he will note that even if...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I have never heard such a political rant from the leader of the Socialist Party before-----

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: -----Dingle 2 or whatever he wants to talk about. My first duty is to the people and the country, not to any individual location in the country. I made it perfectly clear that the evidence and advice from the independent health regulator, with whose findings the Deputy seems to want to interfere in respect of its findings, demonstrate beyond "yea" or "nay" that the situation in Roscommon is...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The restructuring and redesign are now being given effect. What I outlined to Deputies Martin and Adams now applies. We now want to demonstrate that these changes work in the interest of all the people of Roscommon and anybody passing through that county who happens to require medical treatment or a health service.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: I could not catch the final comment because of the confusion on the far side of the House.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2011)

Enda Kenny: The situation about the mortality rate is as follows. With regard to mortality rates, Ireland performs well compared to other countries with an in-hospital mortality rate within 30 days of 7.2 per 100 admissions. What the Deputy neglected to say is that the analysis finds the in-hospital mortality rate from heart attack in Roscommon County Hospital is 21.3 per 100 admissions compared to a...