Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

The last seven years, since the Taoiseach formed his first Administration, have brought substantial additional spending on health care — on capital projects, on staff and on the day-to-day running of a continually increasing level of services. More and more patients and clients have benefited from the extra resources we have put into our health system. That is the bottom line. More and more patients have benefited, year on year. That is there for all to see.

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