"A Slap In The Face" - Offaly Councillor On HSE Hospice Foundation Debt

Edenderry's Fergus McDonnell says he's been told the HSE owes Offaly Hospice Committee over €300k.

A Midlands Hospice Committee is owed over €300,000 by the HSE, according to an Offaly Councillor.

Edenderry rep Fergus McDonnell says senior management in the Health Service promised to repay Offaly Hospice Committee €312,000 spent developing a proposal to construct a hospice for Offaly on the grounds of Tullamore Hospital.

Arden Lane will now be the location of a pallative care facility for the entire midlands region.

The Independent councillor says the local authority is in touch with the HSE and a meeting on the issue scheduled for Friday has been deferred.

He says the committee should have been given more respect:

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