Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

As I said, the programme for Government review will be undertaken during the course of the summer and we will discuss with our colleagues where we go from here in regard to it. While the economic realities have changed, all programmes for Government including this one are subject to maintaining balance in our public finances. Without doing that, one cannot provide for our people the prospect of a sustainable level of service.

I note the Deputy regards any reconfiguration of services throughout the health service as being something to which he is opposed. He mentioned various issues in his contribution, including the configuration of services at Nenagh and Ennis-----

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