This Government promised to look after our older people. Why then is it being reported that elderly patients are continuing to be removed or discharged from University Hospital Limerick, UHL, outside normal discharge hours? Are their families being informed? I am told staff are being prevented from speaking out. I want to know why. Is this policy and, if so, why is it continuing? It is unacceptable to move people between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. in the darkness of night. Most of these people are suffering from Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Do we know why this is going on? If not, why not and when will it be stopped?

I thank the Deputy for raising the issue, which is concerning to me. I have a number of concerns related to University Hospital Limerick and so too does the Government. That is why we have asked the former Chief Justice Frank Clarke to look at a number of issues. Let me specifically talk with the Minister for Health - I an conscious the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is sitting behind me as well - and I will come back to the Deputy on the matter.