Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)

It ill behoves the Minister to attack the previous Government when we should be addressing the current situation. If her assertion - that no preparation was done before the last Government left office - is her position, surely the onus is on her to assess the resource implications and what would be required before moving on. That would be in line with what many health service experts have requested. We have heard that an audit is now being undertaken but in fact no assessment was done in advance. That was ill judged so we need to take it into account and address it.

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