Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

What is of concern in all of this is that the Tánaiste is beginning to believe the spin also. The difficulty we have is that the Government is in denial. The Tánaiste spoke about the HSE being charged. In the programme for Government it is proposed to abolish the HSE. It is also proposed to have universal GP care for everybody by the end of 2016 and to cut waiting lists to zero. We have seen no progress in these areas.

We are seeing escalating waiting lists, increases in numbers of people on trolleys-----

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