Hospital safety precautions
The Minister said hospital authorities are responsible for observing safety precautions and he had no reason to believe they were not; his Department issues guidance on fire, X-rays and radioactive substances.
asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that safety precautions in hospitals are being observed and if he will make a statement on the matter.
Comment on this
I am not clear what particular safety precautions the Deputy has in mind. Compliance with safety precautions is a matter for the hospital authorities in the first instance and I have no reason to believe that such precautions are not being observed.
My Department issue circulars to hospital authorities from time to time on various aspects of safety precautions, for example, those related to fire and the use of X-ray apparatus and radioactive substances.