Alex White (Dublin South, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I understand Deputy Dooley’s point but in order for the Oireachtas to come back to this issue it would also have to comprehend the health issue. It seems to me that the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications has done hugely important work and it should be thanked for that and involved in the future but the Joint Committee on Health and Children would also have to find a way to deal with it because there are two imperatives involved, namely, health and funding, and we must find a way to bring it together. That is not a criticism of the committee; far from it. The committee has done great work. The purpose of the steering group is to try to comprehend all of the strands and not just one perspective.

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