James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

What will the Minister do about this? She has told the House that we do not have money. However, we are spending €5,000 per man, woman and child in this country. They spend only €3,500 in Holland where they do not have this problem. They do not even have the hand-washing dispensers in the hospitals, and I asked why. The response was that they do not have a problem. They do not have the problem because when the patient is admitted he or she goes into a room and until his or her status, as far as MRSA, C. diff or anything else is concerned, is known, he or she does not circulate in the hospital.

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