James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

I put it to the Minister that the ward in St. Patrick's has had €500,000 spent on it, that the health and safety report, which I have seen with my own eyes, has been addressed, bar one remaining issue, namely, fire screens in the attic that will cost €50,000, which the friends and families of St. Patrick's are prepared to pay.

As to the Minister's contention that the figures are wrong, I put it to her that I have more faith in the emergency medicine group's figures and the INO's figures, which I compared year on year, than I will ever have in the HSE or her.

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