Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

——Deputy Connolly will have his chance to speak — because I was anxious to ensure that the new organisation should be up and running as quickly as possible. I was criticised for that happening too quickly. Now I am being criticised because the HIQA Bill is not fast enough. In March this year, I decided to publish the heads of that Bill. I got 70 submissions in the three months it was open for public consultation. I did not get a single submission from the Opposition parties. Not a single Deputy came forward to tell me what should be in the Bill or whether he or she liked the proposals that had been published. Deputy McManus can laugh, if she likes, but——

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