Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They are very relevant because we will be giving the Minister sweeping powers to interfere on a daily basis not only with policy but also its implementation. He will have control over the director general and the HSE and will be deciding where funding will be provided, on the location of primary care centres and the provision of services. I have considerable concerns about the politicisation of the delivery of health care services. The Minister has been damn good thus far at politicising the decision-making process for political gain rather than the delivery of health care services for the people who need them.

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