Jackie Healy-Rae (Kerry South, Independent)

——that the Minister for Health and Children knows that the people of Kerry put their money where their mouth is? They collected €1.4 million to buy the most modern and up to date equipment for Kerry General Hospital. The people of Kerry put their money where their mouth is, even though many people think there is nothing but bog and rushes in Kerry. The motion clearly shows that Fine Gael, and the Labour Party too, are not aware of that. I will tell Fine Gael, and its Deputy in south Kerry will tell them because he is telling them a lot of things, not to forget the 2,440 women in Kerry General Hospital who have to get the best possible health care. I and the other Government parties have great faith that the Minister for Health and Children and her assistants will look into every aspect of what happened in Tralee. When other people were wandering around loose, the people of Kerry bought the equipment with their own money. That is the story.

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