Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)

——and the difficulties we are experiencing in the north east. We are pursuing the easiest targets and I cannot accept that. We are short of money and we target those suffering from cancer and those in need of dialysis. The north-east region of the Health Service Executive is the most underfunded in the country and we are now seeing the fruits of that. We have one of the fastest growing populations in the country.

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