John Moloney (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Wherever there is an open microphone or camera, the Deputy comes to his own height on all these issues. I will give a little background to demonstrate his lack of sincerity on most issues he addresses in the House. My explanation of events will again underline that the approach of the Fine Gael Party's spokesman on health is to try to find fault on every issue. In his rush to criticise all aspects of health policy, he forgets what he agreed.

Following its meeting with representatives of the IPU and HSE, the joint committee decided, as it had done for years before Deputy Reilly was elected to the House, to try to formulate a motion which would find cross-party agreement. I commend the Labour Party spokesperson on health, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, for her excellence in that role. She has again shown complete sincerity on the issue, as she did in the joint committee.

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