Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am actually making a serious point. We could take one day, say in July, and agree to abandon all of that and just talk about the health services and how we fund them - a day when there would be no ad hominem attacks at all and we would just discuss what is best. On the issue of universal health insurance, Deputy Kelleher, instead of just asking "Where is the brief?" or "Where is the proposal?" would tell us what he thinks about how it should be done. Deputy Ó Caoláin could do the same, because it is not as straightforward as some might think. More could be achieved in this way than through the kind of brickbat debate we have had on this legislation. This is necessary legislation, which encompasses a relatively-----

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