Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)

The accident and emergency unit is second to none. I salute the work of the staff of this unit who have done tremendous work since it opened. I also compliment the staff and management on the proposal they put to the Minister, not at her intervention but very much at their intervention and with my support. Let us not mix up ideology with what is best for the patient. The proposal has been made by the hospital community and it is very worthy of examination. It should not be dismissed out of hand because of some ideological fetish entertained by the Deputy.

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