Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

I am concerned with patients everywhere. As regards the issue of treating patients in hospital, many people end up in accident and emergency departments who do not require such treatment. When the Deputy and I were growing up in this city, an emergency department was for a genuine emergency. Unfortunately, because of some of the issues he has raised, people have ended up in accident and emergency departments as a route to access acute hospital services or because they need diagnostics.

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