Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)

Is the Taoiseach saying that the nurses' dispute may be resolved only within the benchmarking system?

There are many big ticket items in the programme for Government that have not been achieved. However, there is one that was not in the programme but the Government seems hell-bent on achieving it, judging by the pressure being applied to professionals to sign off on contracts for the building of super private clinics on the grounds of public hospitals. I understand the deadline of 16 April cannot be met but does the Government still intend, notwithstanding the opposition of so many of the Deputies behind the Taoiseach, to sign off on these contracts to build super private clinics on scarce public land?

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