Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour) | Oireachtas source

My primary concern in this issue is to ensure that the best service is provided. That is why I believe that the best way to deal with this issue is for the meeting, which the management of the services has offered, to go ahead.

The reason Deputy Boyd Barrett raises this issue is to make a political football out of it.

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