Francis O'Brien (Fianna Fail)

I support my colleague, Senator Wilson, and commend him on his interest in both Cavan and Monaghan. We had a tragedy yesterday involving a man who lived within 500 m of Monaghan hospital. An ambulance arrived in four minutes and took him to Cavan hospital, but he died on the way. I ask the Leader to ask the Minister to come to the House to debate the whole issue of accident and emergency services. Another life might have been saved if this man had been brought to Monaghan hospital. The ambulance arrived within four minutes and he could have been in the hospital in another four minutes. He would have been in the hospital in less than ten minutes. He might be alive today and I sympathise with his family on this tragedy.