Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

Navan hospital in the north-east, Galway University Hospital and every other hospital and region in the country have to live with the budget allocation for health services for 2010. It constitutes 12% of national income, which is very high by comparison with other countries. I do not have additional money and neither does the Exchequer to allocate to any hospital that falls short in its budget in terms of it elective or other procedures.

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