Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

For the information of members, the five-bed wards have become four-bed wards. The physical space was available. It was not, as stated in the witness's opening statement, that there was a space between beds of 76 cm. That applied when there were five beds in the wards. Making them four-bed wards made room for wardrobes or more space between beds. I grant that the shower facilities were going to be a problem but space was not.