Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)

-----that the old ways of politics damaged us, and he said his Government would tell the people the truth. The Taoiseach's handling of this Roscommon hospital crisis, even here today, is an example of the old ways of politics at their very worst. Caithfidh an Taoiseach a leithscéal a thabhairt, go háirithe do mhuintir Ros Comáin. During the election both the Taoiseach and the Labour leader, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, promised to maintain services at Roscommon hospital. By claiming today, and since he reversed that commitment, that the 2011 HIQA report means that he has no option but to close accident and emergency services at Roscommon hospital, he compounds the offence because he knew the HIQA position before that.

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