17 Feabh 2014, 08:51
The current situation in Mount Carmel Hospital will be on the agenda of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children tomorrow, Tuesday, 18th February 2014.
Committee Chairman, Jerry Buttimer TD said: ““The recent closure of Mount Carmel Hospital, after 65 years in operation, has caused shock, concern and sadness among the affected staff, patients and the community in South County Dublin. Tomorrow, Committee Members will have a chance to get an update on the current situation in relation to Mount Carmel Hospital when it meets with representatives Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and officials from the Department of Health and Health Service Executive.”
The meeting will start at 2.30pm in Committee Room 1, Leinster House tomorrow, Tuesday, 18th February 2014.
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Media Enquiries to:
Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2
Committee Membership:
Deputies: Jerry Buttimer (Chair), Catherine Byrne, Ciara Conway (Vice-Chair), Regina Doherty, Robert Dowds, Peter M Fitzpatrick, Seamus Healy, Billy Kelleher, Eamonn Maloney, Mattie McGrath, Sandra McLellan, Dan Neville, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and Robert Troy
Senators: Colm Burke, John Crown, John Gilroy, Imelda Henry, Marc Mac Sharry and Jillian Van Turnhout