Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Some 520 patients have been discharged to date. The Department of Health and Children has already identified the areas where we can find more spare capacity. That must be matched by the doctors and medical staff being happy that the patients they discharge — it is not just a question of moving them — are discharged compatible with the medical needs and family circumstances of the individual patient, which is happening.

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