Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

He says he is in favour of the reform programme, that he wants the discussions and negotiations with the consultants and the non-consultant hospital doctors concluded and that he wants to see us move towards implementing reduced working hours for nurses. We want to see the paramedical talks resumed, to conclude the agreement with pharmacists and to improve the hospital development programme. We want to do all these things with fewer staff.

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