Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Labour Party Members cannot wait to vote for the Minister for Health. They can register their votes as they leave the Chamber. It is important to realise why the motion was tabled by our party. I assure the Ministers, Deputies Reilly and Rabbitte, that it was not for political opportunism, far from it. Whether Government Deputies accept it or not, confidence in the ability of the Minister to manage the health service has been lost. Despite using the comparison with Bill Clinton last night, it would be more in his line for the Minister to look at the facts, which speak for themselves. The Minister is no Bill Clinton.

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