No new cash for A&E, says Harney

THERE will be no new cash spent this year on relieving the pressure on hospitals' accident and emergency departments, Tánaiste and Health Minister Mary Harney told the Dáil yesterday.

And she said there was no need for new legislation to recruit more nurses as Ireland had more nurses per capita than anywhere else in the world.

Everything does not require more money, Ms Harney told Sinn Féin TD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin.