John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)

I was particularly disturbed by the amount of money that was cut back in the area of psychiatric services. Not only was I surprised, nurses in the services for years came to me and complained privately that psychiatric services in Carlow and Kilkenny would collapse because of the withdrawal of people delivering on the front line. When on this side of the House, the Minister, Deputy James Reilly, stated he was not interested in the politics of this but that he was interested in the patient, and people believed in him.

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