Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

That is an extraordinary response. The Taoiseach had complete knowledge of all of that before the election, as did the Minister for Health. He was fully aware of the facts but the Taoiseach made those promises to Roscommon and to other hospitals throughout the country and he should explain now why he is breaking them. His colleague, the Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children, Deputy Naughten, launched his election campaign by telling the community that a Fine Gael Government would take Roscommon Hospital off the political agenda once and for all.

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