Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)

I have not brought the Bill to the floor of the House yet. We will discuss that later

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I would have thought that at this point in time, now that the Minister has told 33 VECs that four of them, including one in Donegal and two in Cork County and city, will remain untouched but the other 29 will have to find room in the bed where there is only space for 12 VECs. I have no problem in principle with rationalisation; most of us would agree that is something that needs to be done. The record of Fianna Fáil in the amalgamation is of regional bodies is not great. I am loathe to mention the dreaded word "HSE" but the focus of attention-----

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