Michael Mullins (Fine Gael)

I support the call for the Minister for Health to come to the House to discuss the overall health situation. I join others in requesting that the CEO of the HSE, Mr. Cathal Magee, be invited to the House as well. The HSE has not covered itself in glory in its planning of the new facility in Roscommon with advanced paramedics and an enhanced ambulance service. The big difficulty in Roscommon is that there is no confidence that the system which has been promised will be delivered. The HSE has many questions to answer. I want the Leader to impress on the Minister the need to ensure sufficient resources are provided in the hospitals that will take additional patients from Roscommon. We need to make sure we do not end up with large waiting lists and people in queues at hospitals like Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe.