Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I appreciate it is not easy but neither was it easy for Aneurin Bevan when he took on the whole consultant and GP situation in Britain. I remind the Taoiseach that the consultant contract was in his party's manifesto in 2002 when he indicated a commitment to end the two-tier system. Does he really believe this is the appropriate Minister to be in charge of working that out, of delivering on that commitment? Does he really believe her record measures up to the commitment that he and his party put before the people in 2002? If he believes this, it is time he took a wake-up call because the two do not replicate——

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