Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I am mindful that a number of points must be addressed. I seek to establish the breadth of the deliberations of the committee. I have acknowledged that, under Cabinet confidentiality rules, the Taoiseach cannot respond in respect of detail. I take on board what the Ceann Comhairle has stated but I ask the Taoiseach to indicate the breadth of the deliberations of the Cabinet sub-committee on health rather than the specifics of any given matter. Are current issues such as the cancer scandal in Portlaoise? Is the wider policy approach, such as the implementation of the Teamwork and Hanly reports, addressed? Are matters such as the budget shortfall, which is the hook upon which the HSE is hanging the excuse for the embargo on staff recruitment, addressed by the committee in the presence of the Taoiseach?

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