Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not expect the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, to reply to this because he is not the Minister of State at the Department of Health. The Minister of State has been given a response dealing with Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. The question related to the regional hospital that is proposed for Navan, but there was nothing in the reply about that. One can conclude there are no plans at Government level for a new regional hospital. I will seek a debate on the issue on the next available sitting after Easter, because it is a very important issue. The reply was about Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, but I raised a separate issue. It may well be that there was a mistake or it may be that it was deliberate because there are no plans for a regional hospital, as many of us unfortunately suspect. I am not putting any of the blame on the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, as it has nothing whatever to do with him. I thank him for coming in but I feel the Department of Health has given a completely irrelevant response in respect of the issue I have raised.