Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

I have never turned a sod on a private sector development nor do I intend to do so, and I rarely turn sods on public sector developments. I have been involved in openings but the majority were public sector openings. The Deputy is involved in private health care and I was lobbied by him previously for tax breaks on private health care. I do not understand why he believes private health care in nursing homes and general practice is fine but when it comes to hospitals, it is a mystery.

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