Dáil debates
Tuesday, 15 April 2014
Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed)
Government Information Service
4:35 pm
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Does the Taoiseach agree there was a policy and this is why this report was published? Will he give instructions to his Ministers not to engage in such a practice again? Most people would say that the reason this report was not published earlier was because of the budget decision on tax relief for health insurance, which hammered health insurance, the flak that would flow from the report, and the degree to which the report confirms the error that was made in the budget decision relating to health insurance and the successive decisions the Government has taken in respect of that issue. That is the point and that is why it was published on St. Stephen's Day. It was published to bury it and ensure it would not embarrass the Government given the earlier decisions it took in the budget.
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