Labour TD Alan Kelly had to 'beg' 85-year-old father to attend UHL

The Labour TD also said there had been confusion around the timetable for the opening of a new unit at the hospital

The Labour TD Alan Kelly said: 'I had to convince a crying 85-year-old man, my own father, to actually go in because of all the reports with regard to the hospital of which the Taoiseach is well aware.' File photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The Labour TD Alan Kelly has told the Dáil that he had to "beg" his father to attend University Hospital Limerick due to reports about the hospital.

Mr Kelly asked Taoiseach Simon Harris when facilities at the hospital might be improved and said that he had personal experience of the fear that reports about the ongoing crisis at UHL are causing.