Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We would all like to see many improvements to our local hospital network. We all fight for and champion same. That is the Deputy's right, but she must also respect and acknowledge that the contribution being made to the hospital in Drogheda and the well-being of the patients who use it is significant. It might not provide for everything she wants. That is fine, and it is her entitlement as a public representative for the area to highlight that not everything she wants is being provided for, but she can at least have the good grace and decency to acknowledge the very significant contribution that is being made to the hospital.

We are working within a finite budget and there are limited resources. As much as we would like one, we do not have an endless pot of money from which to give everyone everything he or she needs.

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