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

Ní aontaím leis an Teachta go bhfuil sé maslach in aon chor. Tá an-chuid ama don Fhreasúra chun ábhair éagsúla a chur os comhair na Dála agus iad a phlé. Tá an seans sin ag na Teachtaí chomh maith leis sin. On International Women's Day, the imperative, for me, is that we build a modern maternity hospital that can cater for the women of Ireland, especially in the region the hospital will serve. The current hospital facilities are appalling.

The debate has gone on for far too long. The consultants in the hospital, numbering 54, I believe, wrote to the public media making it very clear that all procedures and so on would be carried out in such a modern hospital.

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