Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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73. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the minor injury unit at Monaghan Hospital secures additional opening hours. [26202/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Monaghan Hospital and Cavan General Hospital operate as a single entity, with an integrated managerial and clinical governance system, care pathways and support functions. The Emergency Department is located at Cavan General Hospital, while the facilities at Monaghan Hospital are focused on elective care and the streaming of appropriate patients to the Minor Injuries Unit located on site.

It is the HSE, under the Health Act 2004, that is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. In that regard, the RCSI Hospital Group advises that there are no plans to extend the operating times of the Minor Injury Unit at Monaghan Hospital.