Written answers

Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Department of Health

Emergency Departments

Photo of Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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639. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm if accident and emergency care will still be provided to under-16 year-olds at Mercy University Hospital after the conclusion of the plan to move paediatric care exclusively to Cork University Hospital. [2905/24]

Photo of Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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640. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns that accident and emergency services at Cork University Hospital will be overwhelmed following the closure of the paediatric services at Mercy University Hospital; and what resources will be put in place to expand capacity and avoid the prospect of children on trolleys in waiting areas. [2906/24]

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 639 and 640 together.

As the matters raised by the Deputy are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly, as soon as possible.

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