A local senator has outlined the differences in health care being provide on both sides of the border.
The Irish News reported this week that patients in Northern Ireland are three times more likely to be waiting for hospital treatment than in the Republic.
Co. Cavan Senator Pauline Tully said that the situation in the north is different, because it is dependent on investment from the British government.
The Sinn Féin senator claimed that the British government "don't care tuppence" about the six counties of Northern Ireland.
Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show this morning, she explained that Northern Ireland's government can only work with the money allocated to it by Westminster.
Senator Tully also said that in the Republic of Ireland, there is a huge "under-investment" in capital into the health service.
She said: "Here [the Republic of Ireland] we have waiting lists, nearly 900,000 people on a waiting list for a procedure. We also have almost 300,000 waiting on the initial scan in this country, to get a diagnosis of what the issue is, so they can go on another waiting list, to get that issue treated.
"We have a huge under investment in actual capital investment in our health service. According to the National Development Plan, the health service is only receiving half of what it needs," Senator Tully explained.
