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- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----but what I can say very clearly is I agree with the Deputy's analysis of the starting point and in response to that we have resourced this hospital more than any other hospital in the country. We have to resource other hospitals as well.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: If the Deputy visits the site, which I am sure she has, she will see the physical manifestation of that which is in-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: What I am saying to the Deputy is there are two 96-bed blocks being built on site at the moment. When they are finished they will be fully staffed. That means more nurses, more health and social care professionals and more consultants. If the Deputy is asking me if UHL needs more and if the region needs more, absolutely it does and we will continue to invest.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: What we can do is give that information for the new regions. The complication of the hospital groups is that they overlap all over the place, as the Deputy knows. There are several hospital groups in Dublin that cover overlapping areas so it has never really been possible to say this is the population served by all of the hospital groups but we can for the regions. That is one of the great...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Again, I flatly reject the suggestion there has been any resistance. The Deputy is talking about a region------
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Deputy is talking about a region that has had an unprecedented level of investment.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: There is a further level of investment in the pipeline and I have now asked the independent regulator to assess the case for a second ED.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I'll just finish on this as well.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I have said publicly many times I do not believe the reconfiguration was done properly. I fully accept the advice that led to the closing of the EDs but the kinds of resources that are being put in place now should have been put in place back then. That is exactly how we have approached Navan hospital, for example, to say we are not making any changes until the extra capacity is in place.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: In those four years we have added record levels of investment.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will come to that, but the Senator opened with a nakedly political point, which is, of course, his right. I am, though, going to respond with one. Sinn Féin has not called for the reopening of the accident and emergency departments. The party's spokesperson, and I believe he deserves great credit for this, resisted these calls and said he would follow the clinical advice. The...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: Certainly, when I took office, the situation not just in UHL but in several hospitals around the country in terms of trolleys was very challenging. One thing I would add, though, is that I acknowledge the healthcare workforce in UHL. This is something that gets very little attention because we all, very understandably, focus on the accident and emergency department. Those workers have...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I have.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I will answer the questions as I see fit. The Senator can ask the question he wants and I will give him an answer.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I would say-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: That is not why Waterford succeeded. That hospital succeeded because it got extra capacity and it fundamentally changed how it cared for patients. The Senator does not have to take my word for this. He can go down to Waterford-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: -----and talk to the patients and ask the people running the accident and emergency department.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: To be very clear, Sinn Féin's publicly stated position is not to reopen those three accident and emergency departments.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The Senator is asking me how I responded to UHL-----
- Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I am trying to answer the question.