Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

They may have been discussed in the HSE and some people may feel the configuration of hospitals is inappropriate. There is no doubt about that. I quoted the Minister for Health in 1975, the late former Deputy, Brendan Corish, in this House referring to the FitzGerald report and saying it was urgent we got on with the implementation of the change, and we know how long ago that was.

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