Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

I will quote the statement from the Taoiseach's party to the people of Roscommon: "I would like to confirm that Fine Gael undertakes, in accordance with the Fine Gael policy on local hospitals, to retain the emergency, surgical, medical and other health services at Roscommon hospital which are present on the formation of the 31st Dáil". That is what he said a short while ago. He knew everything that he has outlined in the Dáil in terms of patient safety and non-consultant hospital doctors, NCHD. In the debate held last October, Deputy Reilly made it clear he had the solutions to the NCHD issue and that by eliminating waste in the HSE, and so on, he would solve all the problems and resolve the issues in terms of protecting services in local hospitals.

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