141 Mr. Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to address concerns from hospital consultants to establish a national re-admission study to assess the number of patients who had to be taken back into hospital with the same illness within a short period of time after discharge; her views on management moves to instruct consultants to discharge up to 50 patients a day in some hospitals to relieve pressure on accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15462/06]

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141 Mr. Gilmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the steps she intends to take to address concerns from hospital consultants to establish a national re-admission study to assess the number of patients who had to be taken back into hospital with the same illness within a short period of time after discharge; her views on management moves to instruct consultants to discharge up to 50 patients a day in some hospitals to relieve pressure on accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15462/06]

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