Each year councils get the option to adjust the rate by plus or minus 15 per cent, with it resetting after 12 months.

Paudge Connolly says there have been "excessive waits in Monaghan recently that are unacceptable".

Paudge Connolly warned extra funding is "needed to protect the money already spent".

Paudge Connolly says the HSE always seems to be in "crisis mode" despite "all the changes in names and structures".

Seamus Treanor claimed that "ISIS is using Ireland as a sanctuary".

The HSE says those "unable to pay within the timeframe should contact the finance department at the hospital".

David Maxwell told the meeting that he got a costing of €5 million for these works.

Bus Éireann representatives acknowledged that the station "needs a lot of investment".