Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

What will the Taoiseach do to improve the standard of hygiene in our hospitals, which have become havens for the transmission of bugs and viruses?

Second, will the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste initiate a major campaign to urge patients to visit their general practitioners in the first instance as distinct from going to accident and emergency units, which are already overcrowded and are havens for the transmission of bugs and viruses? This is normally done in January but if it were done now, it would relieve some pressure and possibly avert the closure of a major accident and emergency unit in Dublin hospitals this winter.

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