Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)

It is not necessarily next-door. It could be ten minutes away, as in Galway.

Ms Fitzgerald said there are three options, A, B and C. I would love to develop A and B as fast we can and ultimately then deliver C because that will take time, with the best will in the world and the problems we have with planning and getting funding agreed and all the ducks in a row. My position and that of my party is to deliver A and B and ultimately get to C as well.

Before HIQA leaves, I did not mention in my opening remarks but I want to put on the record the work the vast bulk of staff have done in that area, including nurses, porters, doctors, clinicians and everyone who has done the best they can. Sometimes, when we talk about patients who had a terrible experience there, by and large in the emergency department, we forget to mention the staff.