Sir, – Echoing the recent articles by Fintan O’Toole (“How can Ireland be both filthy rich and bankrupt in ideas and ambitions?”, Opinion & Analysis, April 25th) and John FitzGerald (“Splurging the corporation tax windfall in exchange for votes would threaten the nation’s future”, Business, April 21st), in the absence of clear plans to modernise our public hospitals, many of my patients are still likely to be sharing a single toilet and shower between 14 other poor souls on the “long ward” in 10 years. If we can’t point to concrete improvements in our society at the end of this cycle of budgetary surplus for the second time in our history then our political system is not fit for purpose. – Yours, etc,
Dr MICHAEL
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