Will the Taoiseach take urgent steps to bring the sides (in the nurses dispute) together? . . . People awaiting elective surgery will die. It is not enough to say that emergencies will be dealt with. People can die in chronic pain over a long period. Others die quickly in an emergency . . .

- Fine Gael leader

The Labour Court offer is there. The Government has accepted it; it wants to pay it and to implement it . . .

- The Taoiseach