Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

She wrote that when she met the Minister, Deputy Reilly, to discuss primary care policy on 29 February 2012, they agreed, and subsequently minuted, that "the provision of centres should be informed by needs analysis, with priority given to areas of urban and rural deprivation". Her letter goes on to mention the universal primary care team cementing that.

The Taoiseach has not been straight with the House on this issue. What has happened is unacceptable. It is extraordinary that the Taoiseach could not answer the question I asked him. Is it acceptable behaviour for the Minister to ride roughshod over established criteria which he had agreed with the Minister responsible for primary care, the HSE team and the Department of Health team?

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