Seanad debates
Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters
National Children's Hospital
10:30 am
Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I thank the Minister of State for his response and I look forward to the delivery of the primary care centre and other health projects on time and without delay in County Monaghan. Last year, the Minister, Deputy Harris, made a comment that he proposed building new hospitals to take on elective surgery to deal with the long waiting lists, despite the fact that small hospitals such as Monaghan Hospital could do more. Clearly, projects will not go ahead because of the cost overruns and I would imagine that building new hospitals to deal with elective surgery would be one of the projects that will not proceed. Surely the Minister of State would agree that maybe we should have a second look at our smaller hospitals to see exactly what additional capacity they have and what additional work they could do to deal with the ever-increasing length of waiting lists that people are suffering on at the moment.
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