Concerns have been raised in relation to the minor injuries unit at Monaghan Hospital not operating on a seven-day week basis.
Local TD, Matt Carthy, says the Monaghan Unit is also the only such unit that does not open on Bank Holidays and has the shortest opening hours of any of the 10 MIUs across the state.
The Cavan Monaghan Dáil Deputy claims there is "no justification" for these restricted operating hours within Monaghan's MIU as figures released to Sinn Féin show that the unit had almost as many attendees in 2021 as another unit that operates seven days per week with substantially longer opening hours.
He believes the potential of the service provided is "undermined" by the reduced opening times and says expanding the hours and days would be the single most impactful intervention government can take to revitalise Monaghan Hospital.
