Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I will wind up when the Ceann Comhairle gets order for me. Who in the Government has responsibility for these matters and is answerable to this House for what happened in Tallaght while the Minister for Health and Children is in New Zealand? This is the issue on the Order of Business. It is not acceptable to the Opposition that the Dáil will be closed down now until 23 March, that no answers can be given about what went on and that no Minister is held accountable. There are people on the Government side desperately trying to find a doctor, a hospital manager, a porter or someone that this problem can be hung around the neck of.

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