Noel Grealish (Galway West, Progressive Democrats)

She arranged the first ever independent audits of hospital hygiene, and full publication of results, the real way to raise standards.

She brought in new legislation with a focus on patient safety and lay majorities on boards for the first time in the Medical Practitioners, the Pharmacy and the Health and Social Care Professionals Acts. She also put patients' representatives on a variety of State boards.

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