Willie O'Dea (Limerick City, Fianna Fail)
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678. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether increasing the size of the emergency department in University Hospital Limerick has led to extra admissions; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18645/19]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Emergency Department in University Hospital Limerick is one of the busiest in the country, with the number of patients attending growing year on year.

The decision to admit a patient is a clinical decision. Therefore, I have the asked the HSE to provide a reply to the Deputy directly on this matter.