Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

The A&E consultants themselves support it and I know this is on the agenda of the A&E forum. We thought we were close to agreement there, but there are still outstanding issues. The Deputy's own A&E consultant, Dr. O'Donnell in Limerick, who is regarded as one of the best - he is a terrific doctor with great leadership skills - has been a strong advocate of this policy for quite some time. He said this is better and safer care, and I accept that.

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