Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

In Monaghan, Dundalk and Navan services have been stripped away and replaced by mythical entities that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform tells us there is not a red cent in the coffers to support. The Minister told us the accident and emergency situation would be sorted out in 18 months — then it was a crisis and now it is even worse. The Minister has failed on palliative care, she has failed on a fair deal for nursing homes, children under five wait months for assessments and children wait years for orthodontic treatment. As a Minister, she has failed in her duty.

The figures must be sorted out. I have the seven reports from Mayo General Hospital here and they show that 95 patients, including 92 new and three recurrences, were diagnosed and treated there.

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