Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Whether Deputy Collins likes it or not, the health system of our country is all about the people, the patient, the person who requires a service. That is my only motivation as a person, as a public representative and as chairman of the health committee. For too long we have heard the health vested interests shouting and roaring and using megaphone diplomacy when they should be coming into the middle ground. That includes the Members opposite who should come to the middle ground to put the patient first. For the first time we have a Minister who will put the patient first.

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