Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister for Social Protection has indicated that she has full confidence in the Minister for Health. Deputy Róisín Shortall indicated the same thing last week when she voted confidence in him. However, it appears that the criteria were not clear, that the Labour Party Ministers were not consulted and that the Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, went on a solo run. However, those Ministers are now circling the wagons and standing by their man-----

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