114 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 1,137 appointments at Letterkenny General Hospital had to be cancelled in the first half of 2005 due to the ongoing bed shortage at the hospital and that the average bed occupancy throughout 2005 in the hospital has been 105%, with patients at times on trolleys in the coffee dock of the hospital; when the management of the hospital will be granted the 70 extra beds that are urgently required; when she will meet with the union representatives of the staff at the hospital to discuss this crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/05]

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114 Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if her attention has been drawn to the fact that 1,137 appointments at Letterkenny General Hospital had to be cancelled in the first half of 2005 due to the ongoing bed shortage at the hospital and that the average bed occupancy throughout 2005 in the hospital has been 105%, with patients at times on trolleys in the coffee dock of the hospital; when the management of the hospital will be granted the 70 extra beds that are urgently required; when she will meet with the union representatives of the staff at the hospital to discuss this crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/05]

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