Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said reforming the health service is a core priority for Sinn Féin and that the party will bring an urgency to fixing healthcare and delivering better services across the island.

Teachta Crowe said:

“Sinn Féin have a plan that will transform your experience of our health service. It will massively reduce costs, provide rapid and safe access to care, and end wasteful spending. We will not tolerate second best when it comes to the healthcare needs of our people.

“This is one of the most ambitious plans ever produced by a political party to demonstrate that the problems are not intractable, can be solved, and will be solved with a change of government. Our plan sets out how we will improve the health service, boost training numbers, and attract our healthcare workers home.

“The Government have normalised failure in health care. They accept that patients on trolleys, children waiting for treatment in pain or long health waiting lists is now the standard. Their failures leave us with a health service in perpetual crisis.

“Sinn Féin has the plan, vision, and determination to deal with the big challenges in healthcare. Our plan sets out in detail how we will deliver better access to healthcare when you need it, improve access to a GP when you need one, and end the crisis in our Emergency Departments.

“People lying on trolleys or camped out in an Emergency Department cannot afford five more years of Fianna ail and Fine Gael.”