Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)

Are great things and huge reforms happening through the work we are discussing today regarding Professor Tom Keane and cancer services? Is it not a fact that outstanding work is being done in cardiovascular treatment and that we have had significant successes? The answer to these questions is yes but my job, and that of the Minister, is to try to improve what is good, correct what is bad and learn from these issues in order to make improvements.

I am not here to berate people. If Deputy Kenny wants me to say that I think some staff are not working hard enough or others are too fat or too slim, that is not what it is about.

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