Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

-----might address the problem of the numbers of people who are on local authority waiting lists, the provision of housing for returning emigrants and the need for sheltered accommodation for elderly people?

Has the health committee recently considered the Government's policy on co-location? The Taoiseach will recall this was the Minister for Health and Children's plan which she announced five years ago and which she said would fast-track the provision of hospital beds. Is the co-location policy dead or is it being actively considered by the health committee or by any other of the committees listed here?

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