Liz McManus (Wicklow, Labour)

She does not have an easy job. The road map on patient safety was presented to the Government by my party and Fine Gael. We co-operated to pinpoint how we believe the important protections and safeguards can be put in place. This is a missed opportunity. I return to the cases in my casebook, in common with every other Deputy. Patients have suffered when they are sick and vulnerable, some when they are dying, and we cannot help them. All we can do is come here and ensure we produce the right legislation to meet the need. Regrettably the Government has again shown itself incompetent to provide protections and safeguards for patient safety that any person living in a modern, rich country is entitled to expect from the health service for which he or she has paid.

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