Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

They are not being cut every day. In fact, there have been improvements in the health services in a range of areas. Where waiting times were two to five years, they are now two to five months. In 60% of all of those specialties for which there are waiting lists, they were reduced during the course of this year, if the Deputies look at the statistics that have been produced by the relevant authorities.

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