Kathleen O'Meara (Labour)

On a related matter, Comhairle na nOispidéal has published a very important report on a number of health provision issues, of which medical assessments is one. In the course of its report, the council asserts as it has in the past that among the sources of the crisis in our hospitals is the shortage of acute beds. If we implement the Hanly report, we will have even fewer acute hospital beds. Once again, I call on the Minister for Health and Children to drop this disastrous policy and ask for a debate on the current and previous Comhairle na nOispidéal reports.