Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

The Health Service Executive is putting in place a permanent system of audit and inspection for cleanliness in acute hospitals. The system is already working. The Government has provided money for the acute medical units and an MRI scanner will be acquired for Beaumont Hospital this year. An eminent physician in this city said recently that the new accident and emergency unit in Blanchardstown, which has just been opened, is the best such unit he has seen anywhere in the world. Deputy Ó Caoláin should acknowledge the improvements which have been made.

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