Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Unfortunately, that is what he says. I will not argue with the Deputies on that point. He plans to eliminate such unnecessary follow-ups in developing clinical practice norms. He has already set clinical criteria to distinguish between urgent and routine cases, which was the question asked in the first place. Significant work has been done in that regard.

It is important to mention the additional consultants. We need medical professionals to deal with the patients and reduce waiting lists. The new common contract will help in this regard.

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