Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister engaged in this kind of politics in his constituency with the primary care centre debacle. He has also failed to tackle consultants' pay and the price of drugs. He has failed to recoup money from private health insurance companies. He has failed to introduce free GP care - I could go on. However, he has imposed prescription charges on medical card holders, slashed funding from home help services and is closing public nursing home beds, including in County Louth. I will ask the question again. Does the Taoiseach believe it appropriate that two Ministers and a Government Deputy should behave in this way, undermining a process of public consultation?

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