Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

Regarding the €20 million, I am satisfied this is true and in fact a minimum figure when four catering departments are combined as well as four HR departments, four payroll systems, four central sterile units, waste management and all of these things. One does not need to have four CEOs, although two directors of nursing are required, one for children and one for adults. There are very significant savings to be made, I have no doubt, and part of this relates to the €4 million figure I mentioned regarding single procurement, just to make matters clear. I do not want to be accused of double counting.

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