Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will do my best to get around to them all. As Members will know, there are 47 acute hospitals in the State. That is just hospitals, never mind every other aspect of the health service. If I were to spend one day a week on visits it would take me a year to get around to the acute hospitals, never mind trying to get anywhere else. In the new year I will try to get out and about a bit more but my main job is to be here in Parliament, in my Department and with the HSE and Dr. Steevens. No amount of me travelling around hospitals, looking at them, will change health policy for the better.