Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

The general practitioner in Kildare is not fantasising, nor is the consultant in Tralee. It is not just a case of spending money on the system, but of reform, change and competent management, together with performance audits. These have not occurred under the Taoiseach's Government and that is why every Deputy in the House is getting endless streams of letters about the appalling circumstances that obtain daily in our hospitals. Is this the kind of world-class health system the Taoiseach and his absent Minister for Health and Children said they would deliver to the people?

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