Limerick hospital crisis
Deputy Quinlivan continued to press for immediate action and an investigation into why overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick was worsening. The Taoiseach said he would not run every hospital, but reiterated the need for more beds and acknowledged that issues at the hospital had to be addressed.
You have been Taoiseach for a year-----
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You are ignoring the hospital in Limerick.
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You have done since you were elected.
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I believe we need additional bed capacity in the mid-west. We were able to move very quickly in some areas because the hospitals came forward with good proposals. For example, in Clonmel-----
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So you have no interest in Limerick.
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-----through Deputy Cahill we got something done relatively quickly on bed capacity. There has been a fair degree of investment in University Hospital Limerick-----
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That is why we need an immediate investigation into why it is not working.