Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have not been saying that. There are already some proposals to see what we can do with Merlin Park University Hospital. I agree there is a need to look at some non-acute services that could perhaps be provided on the Merlin Park University Hospital site.

In the context of Deputy Tóbín's comments about horse manure, he can use any phrase he wants. Quite frankly, however, he does not know how I feel or how I felt while watching the programme. The Deputy can decide to impugn my name or my integrity - good luck to him with that - but as long as I am the Minister Health, I am not going to be a spokesperson for the HSE and I am not going to be a bureaucratic spokesperson. I will call what I see and when I find something that is indefensible-----

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