FIANNA Fáil mayoral candidate Dee Ryan has promised to create a sprint problem-solving team, if elected, to work on fast-tracking key infrastructure projects in the county.
Ms Ryan pledged that her first key project under that initiative will be to deliver on the promised surgical hub at Scoil Carmel in Limerick City.
“It is absolutely unacceptable that year after year, month after month, and week after week, we hear that Limerick has the worst overcrowding in the country. The distress, discomfort, and delay experienced by patients and their families attending the A&E in University Hospital Limerick is wholly unacceptable,” she said.
“We cannot wait any longer for the promised surgical hub at Scoil Carmel to commence. We saw the huge benefit of this premises during the pandemic when it was used as a regional vaccination hub, so we know that it works well as an off-site medical centre.”
If elected June 7, she promises to ensure that the planning delay is resolved within six months through the creation of a dedicated sprint problem-solving team.
Though she welcomed the investment announced by Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to address overcrowding issues at UHL and the extension of services in Nenagh, Ennis and St John’s hospitals, Ms Ryan underscored her commitment to ensuring that Limerick gets the services it requires.
“While I will guard the essential and independent role of the planning department, we also need a mayor who will deliver results – I am promising this. The people of Limerick have my word,” she said.
