Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Independent)

For the Deputy to suggest that there have been no improvements in the public health system is bizarre. I cited infection control and cancer outcomes. Does the Deputy deny that the reorganisation of cancer services has been enormously beneficial for patients with better treatment and faster access to highly skilled expertise? Would he deny that life expectancy, which is a measurement of the public health system, is increasing faster in Ireland than in any other country?

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