Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

It is envisaged that the hospital will be open 18 hours per day, from 8 a.m. to 12 midnight. It will be closed between 12 midnight and 8 a.m. because the level of attendances during that period would be low. Other issues to be considered include the availability of ambulances at Tallaght so that those patients can be taken to the hospital at the Mater site.

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