Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Could the Leader ask the Minister for Health to come to the House to explain the circumstances surrounding a two-year-old child who was refused treatment by WestDoc in Roscommon last November and was brought by very anxious parents to Portiuncula Hospital bypassing Roscommon University Hospital, which has no accident and emergency department? The parents had to drive to Portiuncula Hospital because there is no accident and emergency department in Roscommon University Hospital. Roscommon University Hospital is a very beautiful hospital but the most basic service in a hospital is accident and emergency. I was very proud to make sure that it remained open during Fianna Fáil's Administration. It should never have been closed by the previous Administration. It is an absolute disgrace.