Cian O'Callaghan: “It takes place at weekends because of the way CUMH and the Rotunda operates their rosters.”

Next week's budget needs to address what he described as the "repeated failure" of recent governments to help wider society and those most in need.

The hospital has a deal in place to do lab work for a private hospital.

A previous stamp duty cut took place at the end of the Celtic Tiger era, at which point the country was promised it would not happen again without proper protections being put in place.

This should include a €400 energy credit for households earning €70,000 or less, a €15 increase to the State pension, a €300 per month cut to childcare fees, a €1bn investment in disability services, a second tier of child benefit…