James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We have made it very clear what is happening this year. We have a national service plan for the HSE, in regard to which patient safety is a clear priority. There are other things in it, including an expansion of the transplantation service. Last year was a very successful year one, with more transplants carried out than ever before. We have also put in place diabetic retinopathy screening and colon cancer screening services. Many good things have been done, as well as maintaining the services. If it had been all about money, as the Deputy seemed to think when his party was rolling in it, it would have been able to fix the health service. Instead of reforming it, it just continued to throw money at it. As we all know, the Deputy's party leader was the creator of the HSE, which has become an absolutely devalued brand and which the Government is committed to replacing.

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