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Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There are a number of old people in beds who need to be taken out of the hospitals. They are not able to go home.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: They are medically cleared to go home by their physicians, but they are not, for one reason or another, able to go back. We need to provide alternative accommodation for these.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We provided 250 beds in the autumn and we provided another 250 beds.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: As the Tánaiste made quite clear yesterday, in our various home care packages and health packages, we will continue to do that.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Kenny knows I will not rise to any of his political charges, but I will give some of the facts.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We have moved health——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ——in recent years. We have increased the health service budget from €3 billion to €12 billion. The fact that we did not realise that it required——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: If I am allowed to answer Deputy Kenny's questions, I will be happy to do so.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: I remind Deputy Kenny that the Government has recognised since it took office that additional resources are required. That is why the health service budget has been increased from €3 billion to €12 billion. This year's health service capital programme is worth €500 million, as it has been every year in recent years. We have finished many units. St. Vincent's hospital is almost a new...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Deputy Kenny has spoken about the number of people on trolleys, but I am sure he knows the reality is that 411 people have been medically discharged from the main hospitals in this city — they have finished their entire treatment in this city's acute medical hospitals — but they cannot go home for a variety of reasons.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We have provided private beds for the patients in question. We provided 250 beds before Christmas and we are providing a further 250 beds now. We have had to buy private accommodation in which these people can be located. That is the only way to free beds in accident and emergency departments so that people can move through the system. I will outline what the Tánaiste has been doing for the...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: ——and what the Government has been doing in recent years. We have been trying to improve bed capacity, employ more consultants in accident and emergency units and increase the extent to which nursing and other services are provided in such units. As the Tánaiste said yesterday, we need the co-operation of the medical services in other areas, such as diagnostic services, so that people do...

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: We cannot do such practical things without the co-operation of the paramedical, nursing and medical staff.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: There is no difficulty with paying such people, but it can be difficult to get their co-operation in helping us.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: As I said last week——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: Nobody is blaming anybody. The Opposition Members want to make political points, but we are trying to solve problems.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The only——

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The only fear the Opposition has is that we might resolve this issue. What we want to do is solve the issue and we will continue to do that.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: The Deputy's party will not allow anybody else to talk.

Leaders' Questions. (29 Mar 2006)

Bertie Ahern: On a point of order, I ask my colleagues to allow Deputy Rabbitte to speak, but I ask Deputy Rabbitte to ask his colleagues to allow me to speak.