James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

In 2002 and 2007 we were promised 3,000 extra hospital beds. A total of 1,300 were delivered at a time of plenty when the country was not in trouble and the remainder were to be provided through co-located hospitals. We still await such hospitals and not a single bed has been delivered, yet the HSE has closed 500 beds this year and intends to close another 600 next year.

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