Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I rise, first, to welcome the fact that the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, has announced additional beds for hospitals, and especially the 184 beds that are being announced for the mid-west, specifically UHL, Nenagh Hospital, St. John's Hospital and Ennis Hospital. These beds are certainly most welcome. They could not come at a better time, where Limerick, especially UHL, is in the news every day of the week, realistically, with regard to bed numbers and people waiting on trolleys.