James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not interrupt the Deputy. In respect of outpatient and day cases, the figures show a major increase in the number of patients being treated, which is what people want. They want safe treatment to be provided as near to home as possible. They do not want to be misled into believing they have access to an accident and emergency department that can deal with complex fractures, bleeding and vascular problems when there is nobody available to deal with them. There cannot be because we cannot have vascular surgeons in every hospital in the country, as the Deputy knows.

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