Timmy Dooley (Clare, Fianna Fail)

Somebody may be out sick or somebody may swing the lead on occasions, which can cause problems. I want to reiterate what Deputy Collins said. Some of finest people in the public service work in our health services. Sadly, however, when people denigrate the Minister they believe that it does not affect the morale of those who work in the health service. I can say that it does. My mother is a retired nurse and I know that many nurses are appalled on a daily basis by such denigration. Cases may sometimes be advanced on behalf of a union agenda or initiative, but somehow they denigrate every individual who works in the health service. It is wrong and unfair because such people are doing their best pretty much all the time.

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