Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

It was self-serving and dishonest. It seems to us that the Minister suffers from overweening ambition. She thought she could float into the Department of Health and Children and get everybody working in new ways that would sort out the problems. She has proved only that she can make as many hollow promises as her predecessor, Deputy Martin. She promised to deliver real and measurable improvements in accident and emergency services within months.

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