Fianna Fáil Senator Erin McGreehan has welcomed the announcement by her party colleague and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly that 112 new acute hospital beds will be put in place in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda.
Today, Minister Donnelly announced a plan to deliver 3,352 new beds (2,997 net new hospital beds + 355 replacement beds, in addition to the 1,015 hospital beds under construction and/or committed to, bringing the total number of new beds to be delivered by 2031 to 4,367.
Since 2020 we have already delivered 1,218 net additional acute hospital beds.
Senator McGreehan said: “I warmly welcome confirmation from Minister Donnelly that there will be 112 new acute hospital beds for Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda. These new beds are much needed and I know they will be of enormous comfort to families in the region.
“Delivering healthcare for everyone is a cornerstone of Fianna Fail’s approach in government.
“We are improving access to health services, with reductions in waiting times and waiting lists, lower costs for treatment, more entitlement to free GP services than ever before, and Ireland’s first ever Women’s Health Strategy.
“We’ve cut the amount of money families need to spend on healthcare, abolished hospital charges, introduced free contraception, reduced monthly medicines bills and rolled out free IVF.
“Today’s announcement is further evidence that Fianna Fáil is committed to tackling the issues we are facing in our healthcare system head-on.”
