Logan’s hospital transport
Deputy Murnane O’Connor described the difficulty of getting a very ill child with autism and leukaemia to Crumlin Hospital without transport support. The chair allowed a brief intervention before the Minister replied.
I thank an Cathaoirleach Gníomhach. Yesterday I met with the young mother of a four-year-old boy with autism and leukaemia. This beautiful little boy's name is Logan. Logan has been travelling from County Carlow to the hospital in Crumlin by public transport even though he is really sick and is very open to infection. This is my issue. His mother has no transport. She cannot afford a taxi. She has been told she needs to give two weeks' notice to get the child an ambulance, which is the children's ambulance. She does not get two weeks' notice for appointments from the hospital, however. This is unacceptable. This child is very sick. I am really tormented over it. At the moment, there is a GoFundMe page set up to help the child. I wrote to the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, and to the HSE. We are talking about a four-year-old boy called Logan who is really sick.