Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)

On the same issue, I remind the Minister that it was the leader of the Labour Party, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, who raised this issue with the Taoiseach yesterday. The Taoiseach is required not only to clarify the matter to the House but also to Deputy Gilmore because it is now acknowledged that the letters referred to by Deputy Gilmore yesterday, setting out the situation and the concerns about Portlaoise, were written and sent to the relevant authorities as early as the middle of 2005. The chief executive officer of the HSE, Professor Brendan Drumm, confirmed that in detail at a meeting this morning. Are arrangements being made by the Taoiseach to correct the record of the House?

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