Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Tomorrow morning he will be told what is in the pipeline. That is what happens normally. The bottom line is that somebody here must push back. Tallaght hospital will not be able to take everything; the hospital in Galway cannot cope with what it has to deal with, not to mind close down another facility, while Cork University Hospital cannot take any more, given the numbers who are attending. There is now talk of having one for the entire county and city. It is just not doable.

Does the Tánaiste accept the need for new thinking, to balance what medical personnel are bringing to the table with other studies and analyses of what has happened so far? Let us take the example of what is happening in Limerick and Ennis. Politicians went along with it-----

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