James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)

It is relevant. The situation has arisen because poor planning and poor thought were put into a perfectly good concept. As I said, the DTA is a perfectly good concept but the manner in which the Minister is setting it up will lead to major problems down the line. There will be a lack of accountability and transparency, as with the HSE and, of course, everybody will be responsible but nobody will be to blame, as with the HSE. The HSE is a perfect mirror of what we will be looking at if we allow the Minister to proceed with this Bill in the manner he has chosen.

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