Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

-----of providing additional capacity because too many public beds are consumed by private patients who could be dealt with in private sector facilities. These facilities must be made available to all patients of the hospital and profit may arise - in the case of the hospital in Limerick about 25%. There can be no breach of the tender or of the project agreement entered into with any of the promoters, nor any breach of competition law, which does not arise.

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