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

I put it to the Minister that the market is no longer affordable for many people, particularly younger people, who are leaving the system in their droves. The situation was already critical enough but the Government added to the crisis by the measures it took in the budget. I do not simply refer to the restriction of tax relief but also to the increase in the cost and price of a public bed in a public hospital. This concerns people who were also paying their taxes but the bottom line is there is no confidence that the Minister has the capacity to sort this out. There is no confidence among Government backbenchers in the Minister or in his capacity to resolve this crisis. Indeed, members of the Labour Party have been saying openly for quite some time, over the past year and a half, that they did not think he was up to it. Although they did nothing about it-----

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