Darragh O'Brien (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I propose an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister for Health come to the House today to address the issue of 33 acute surgical beds in Beaumont Hospital which are being withdrawn without consultation with the staff. I also want the Minister to confirm when his Department was told about the Commencement debate because what he made public today is not true. He is hiding behind a lie on a serious issue. He is saying that he was not aware of this debate and that is why he was not here today. It is nonsense. I am formally tabling an amendment to the Order of Business that the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, comes to the House today, clears this situation up immediately and withdraws the statement that he issued.