Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

I am not involved in individual cases but, at times, people look around to find the emotive angle rather than any other. We are talking about the HSE being 1% over budget. With the small amount of resources involved, for a short period in the year, everybody should do their best to ensure sensitive services, of which cancer is just one, are not affected.

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