Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There is no doubt about it.Senator Feighan could write the book on the politics of hospitals if anyone could. That is, he could write about getting them right. He had a great success story in Roscommon County Hospital. It was tough and arduous and many of us on the sidelines admired his tenacity in the face of a lot of opposition. He was on the side of right, for which politicians are not always renowned. I am delighted that these two projects are progressing. As long as I am the Minister of State in charge of community hospitals I will certainly do my bit to ensure that both of those, as committed to here on the floor, go to the design stage and are progressed on that basis.