Chair of the Public Accounts Committee John Brady has said he is "flabbergasted" over the decision by University Hospital Kerry to spend €127,000 on a bike shed when cheaper options were available.
Work to fix hospitals built using unsafe concrete will not be completed in time to meet the government's target, a new report has warned. Seven hospitals built using Raac, or reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, were prioritised for remedial work last year, with the government setting a deadline of 2030. The new buildings are now expected to open in 2032 and 2033 - but some are already facing pressure to meet the revised timetable, the National Audit Office (NAO) said.
On the route from the hospital's multi-storey car park to Vanessa's department, three out of five lifts were not working, Pat said. One of the lifts in the car park is out of order with no signs and no alternative routes given or information that there is another lift at the other end. Two out of four of the lifts in the main building are out of order, leaving staff and patients to take the stairs and staff with trollies waiting outside every lift we passed.
