John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)

It is disgraceful that a patient would have to use such a room and be treated in that fashion. What is happening in our hospitals? If that is the standard, is it any wonder we have high rates of MRSA in our hospitals? Many of the cleaning regimes are handed over to private contractors who are not doing the job properly. If the Minister has visited a hospital she will know what I am talking about; she will see the appalling standards for patients, including dust and filth. I will be more than happy to provide the Minister with all this information, including the photograph. I hope she will act upon it.

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