Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

-----which required a "Yes" or "No" answer. I will come back to those but this issue is not about people getting on with each other or not getting on with each other. This issue is about the substance of policy, the direction of policy and the manner in which that policy is being implemented. Deputy Shortall had a fundamental disagreement with the Minister, Deputy Reilly, and his Cabinet colleagues on those issues. I ask the Minister again. Is she satisfied with the lack of transparency surrounding the choice of the additional 15 centres? More importantly, and it will be more than pointed if she does not answer this question directly, does she, as Minister, have unequivocal, total confidence in Deputy James Reilly as Minister for Health? She cannot evade that question. Already, she has denied him at least three times. Can she please tell us, "Yes" or "No", if she has confidence in the Minister?

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