Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)

The people of this country need, deserve and are entitled to the services that will be delivered in a multi-disciplinary setting. That will not be achieved without implementation of the transformation programme. The Minister is presiding over the largest and most fundamental reform of the health service, one that has long been identified as necessary. Implementation of these reforms will give the people the quality of health service to which they are entitled. It must be our ambition and resolve to give quality of care to every patient. Without implementation of such reforms that objective will not be achieved.

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