Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

The Deputy has been briefed by Dr. Paul Burke, Dr. Cathal O'Donnell and many of the region's other clinicians, who are enthusiastic. I am sure that there are doctors in the mid-west who do not agree, but everything has its enemies and reform has quite a few cynics, who we know. However, the majority of hospital doctors in the mid-west are enthusiastic about the changes, including doctors in Clare, Nenagh, St. John's Hospital and Limerick. That is a fact.

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