Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will conclude with an example concerning a person who has since deceased. A vomiting bug prevented a lady from visiting her husband, who unfortunately was terminally ill and was going to die. When she was allowed to return to the hospital after a three-day absence, she found him in the same pyjamas, which were stained and to be frank, she found him sitting in his own urine, which was and is completely unacceptable. While the statistics and the bottom line may be coming right - of course all Members celebrate that - the reality is that choices were made in achieving it that were unnecessary. Choices were made that were not in the best interests of elderly people or the less well-off. That is sad and is something of which Members on both sides of both Houses can be ashamed. Members must begin to do something about it.