Martin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I do not doubt that for one minute, but I also do not doubt that the multitude of people who used St. Brigid's down through the years never raised an issue of privacy, such as five beds on a ward needing to be cut to four beds. They were happy. Their families and the community were happy that a top-class service was being provided by top-class staff. That has been stripped away from them with them having to travel 40 km to 60 km away.