Liam Twomey (Wexford, Fine Gael)

The Minister of State should grow up. We all contributed to the improvements that have come about in that regard.

Never before have parents had so little time to spend with their children and the Government has done little to remedy the situation. Never before have they been obliged to endure long waiting times in hospitals with their sick children and the Government has failed to act. Never before have they been obliged to suffer thugs and drunks in our overstretched accident and emergency departments when they take their sick children to hospital at weekends. Again, the Government has failed to do anything to remedy the situation.

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