James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

At least people will get some sense there is somebody who cares about their health care and there is some accountability for the accident and emergency departments and hospital management to provide a service. The Minister for Health and Children keeps cutting and cutting while promising to improve services.

Yesterday I encountered a case in Beaumont Hospital in which a man was lying on a trolley overnight with only days to live.

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