Fidelma Healy Eames (Fine Gael)

Does the Minister for Health and Children know that this facility is the only specialist stroke centre in the west? With the proposed closure, up to 4,500 people who were to have orthopaedic elective surgery are now on a waiting list because University College Hospital Galway only takes trauma and emergency orthopaedic procedures. When will we have a Minister for Health and Children that believes in preventative care not just fire-brigade responses?