Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I referred earlier to morale in the health service. I invite the Taoiseach to speak to the nurses and doctors on the front line, those who work in the disability services and to clerical workers. When one meets anybody working in the health service, the message consistently is that morale is at an all time low and that patient safety is and will continue to be compromised if the health service plan, in terms of the level of cuts proposed, is accepted, which the Taoiseach envisages will be the case. I believe if the plan is accepted patient safety will be compromised and far more cases of the type I have outlined will be raised in this House.

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