Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

However, the most immediate issue, which we have been addressing for months, is to provide as many places as possible for stand-down facilities, in the most appropriate circumstances for patients who, for one reason or another, do not need an acute hospital but are not in a position to return home. We can provide for them nursing home and care hospitals appropriate to their medical needs and to their family circumstances.

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