Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

As for the services within Portiuncula, the HealthStat data on Portiuncula were highly disappointing and serious issues must be addressed within that hospital pertaining to a number of issues, including the public-private mix and many other areas that I will not go through here. From henceforth, they will work virtually as a single entity, certainly as far as surgery and other services are concerned. Therefore, these issues must be addressed because there is no point putting more money into services that are not delivered in a cost-effective manner.

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