Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We need to change that. We need to make sure, for the first time ever, that during that period radiology departments and laboratories will be open and working at full whack, that consultants will not be on holidays in the first week of the year, particularly those who work in emergency departments, and that nurses will not be on leave in the first two weeks of January. We need to make sure that every bed will be open. That is the kind of winter plan we need; not the kind we have had for years and years that does not work.

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