Anthony Lawlor (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister, Deputy Varadkar, asked us to be positive about putting forward sensible ideas that he may take on board. When Deputy Dooley's leader was a Minister in power, he should have listened to some of his backbenchers. Our Minister will examine and act on some of our suggestions. Maybe the Deputy should learn from us, rather than from the lessons he has from the past.

I will deal with a couple of issues which arose from my discussions with the staff and administration in the hospitals I visited. We have to deal with transitional patients-----

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