Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Of course the people of Wexford, Kilkenny and Carlow and every other county deserve the very best hospital services. The Taoiseach is being disingenuous. The question I asked was on the transparency and accountability of Government decisions. It is not long since the Taoiseach's predecessors were boasting about how ministerial office brought benefits to their own particular constituencies. It was seen as acceptable and reported as such. There used to be speculation in the media about the benefits a ministerial appointment would bring to a particular constituency. That is now seen as wrong and as bad politics. We have had the spectacle of a Labour Party Minister of State resigning over such politics while a serving Labour Party Minister engages in strokes. The Taoiseach's Minister for Health is central to it all. I admire the Taoiseach's loyalty to the Minister.

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