Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will not respond on behalf of myself but the Senator has described me, the Government and all sorts of people as corrupt and liars and in the pockets of people for some bizarre reason. As the Minister for Health, I must object to the Senator describing officials within the HSE, and by association my Department, and our own doctors and nurses as corrupt. The Senator has just very clearly asserted on the record that the HSE has produced a false document under pressure of Government. He stated it very clearly and it is there for all to see. I am so used to these horrific, nasty, small, insidious and insipid accusations from the Senator on this that you would be tempted to just let them flow over us because ultimately we will pass this legislation very shortly, but as Minister for Health-----