Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)

The first demand made of the Roscommon Three should be that they honour the pledge they gave to the people of Roscommon. The second demand, which would be of the third member of the troika, the Minister for Health, would be for him to apologise for and withdraw the absolute falsehood he propagated in the Dáil, namely, that the mortality rate in Roscommon was 21% by contrast with 5% in other hospitals. That is a palpable falsehood. It has been demonstrated as such and it is another alibi to cover up the betrayal-----

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