Damien English (Meath, Fine Gael)

The proof is there. The last time Navan hospital got any investment — the female medical ward — was under the rainbow coalition Government. Let us see what it got. The Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Harney, tried to defend the Government's record as regards Navan hospital. She talked about painting the place and the refurbishment of the accident and emergency department. The accident and emergency department is a cardboard box, a portakabin. To talk of refurbishment is an insult to the people of Meath and they will not forget that.

I warn anyone coming to Meath to bring a car because one cannot get access by rail. If there is a meeting at 10 o'clock in the morning, one had better leave at 7 o'clock because there is no guarantee of getting there on time. That is because the Government is failing.

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