Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

On the expert group, it was delayed because of the dispute but that dispute is now settled. It is imminent. I have had a number of discussions with the chairman of the group and some of the members and it is imminent. It is the type of expertise that is almost constant in that it is difficult to say that this is the final report because events are changing rapidly, and there is a good deal of co-ordination and co-operation at international level, both at European Union and World Health Organisation level. A very good seminar on this matter was held recently in the O'Reilly Hall in University College Dublin and attended by many international speakers.

The Deputy said our accident and emergency units are like a war zone. I was in Sarajevo last Saturday and Sunday.

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