Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

Non-national births at the hospital accounted for 20% of all births. The health board specifically approached us following the build up at Mosney. There is a direct correlation between that and the pressures on the maternity and obstetric units in Drogheda. The point is that most people are under no illusion that this nationality issue is a factor in this growth. Let us not deny that. There seems to be a notion that if someone says that, then he or she is a racist.

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