Fianna Fail are calling for the Health Minister to act fast to ensure that junior doctors have safe working hours.
During the week, Ireland was found to be in breach of the EU's Working Time Directive on working hours for Junior Doctors.
It's not a final ruling but the opinion is likely to be upheld by the court.
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The Directive requires that non-consultant hospital doctors work no more than 48 hours a week on average, receive breaks of 30 minutes every 6 hours, and receive 11 hours of rest each 24 hours.
Fianna Fail's Health spokesman Billy Kelleher says having doctors work these long hours puts patients at risk:
