Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a very serious issue. Perhaps the Ministers could listen or leave the Chamber if they find it so funny. The state of the health services is not funny. The Minister has failed to realise savings of €124 million in respect of drugs and savings of €140 million from changes to bed designations, a matter on which legislation has not been tabled. When the proverbial was going to hit the fan, he punched and pounded on society's weakest and most vulnerable-----

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