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

Will the Taoiseach accept that there is a crisis and commit to providing the necessary funding to alleviate this situation? It is about time that the Minister for Health was told that the time for becoming a commentator on the sidelines about everything that takes place in the health service is over. The former Minister, Deputy Reilly, is long gone and it is time that the current Minister took responsibility because he is the Minister for Health right now, not some sort of detached observer or commentator. That is how it is coming across. It is not good enough to say it will take 18 months for this to be resolved.

Will the Taoiseach address the funding issue and the €14 million cut from Beaumont hospital's budget this year?

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