Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I was struck by one of the comments made by the Taoiseach in proposing this Government. He stated: "Nowhere is the need for a new approach more acute than in the health service." If that is the case, he has made a bad start because nowhere should he have exercised his authority as Taoiseach to effect a change of ministerial responsibility more than in respect of the Department of Health and Children.

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