Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

I will get to that point. Not only has the Tánaiste, Deputy Harney, blamed the nurses for many of the problems in the health services but she has also told us we have too many nurses. The Minister of State came into the House to make a speech but he made statements outside the House which confused the general public because they do not know if he wants to take responsibility for what he was elected to this House to do.

The plastic socialists in the Fianna Fáil Party sitting behind the Minister give us a completely different story. They go on about the fact, and unfortunately we heard the Minister, Deputy Martin, say this also, that the Opposition has no policies. If there is one thing the Minister, Deputy Martin, was not short of when he was in the Department of Health and Children it was policies and reports. He published them at a rate even I could not keep up with.

I want to deal with three of his policies, the ones I would consider to be significant. He published the Hanly report. Is that still active or is it due to be resuscitated?

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