Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)

No matter what the Minister does, there is little doubt but that the new hospital is further down the road. Even if he was to reduce the height, the steel and concrete drawings would have to be redone. There is much work to be done to reach a stage where one can start work on the hospital. The children of today deserve a better deal in Crumlin and Temple Street. We need to spend money on these hospitals because provision of the new hospital is a while away.

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