Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

I suggest management in the hospital take into account the recommendations made by the special delivery unit for immediate effect and I am sure it will do so. In the meantime, the Minister for Health is working with all the relevant agencies to deal with the capacity problem being experienced and that will arise again during the winter as a result of the winter flu, vomiting bugs and other issues, including the backlog which, for a particular set of reasons, always begins in January and causes great trouble in terms of increased waiting lists.

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