182 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in consultation with the Health Service Executive to deal with the ongoing crisis with MRSA; her views on whether this is now not only a crisis issue for the elderly but also for younger patients going in for routine operations who leave the hospital with MRSA and have to deal with it in their own home, and that overcrowding and lack of beds is part of the difficulty in controlling this and other diseases where proper cleansing and disinfecting need to be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24118/07]

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182 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps she will take in consultation with the Health Service Executive to deal with the ongoing crisis with MRSA; her views on whether this is now not only a crisis issue for the elderly but also for younger patients going in for routine operations who leave the hospital with MRSA and have to deal with it in their own home, and that overcrowding and lack of beds is part of the difficulty in controlling this and other diseases where proper cleansing and disinfecting need to be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24118/07]

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