Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

What is the position regarding the road transport Bill? What is happening to Irish drivers and hauliers in the Port of Calais is unacceptable. While it is appropriate that the Dáil discuss industrial relations issues such as the position of Dunnes Stores workers, hauliers and drivers are entitled to protection. They are not being protected, which is placing them in peril. Will the Government contact the Irish Road Hauliers Association and engage with our European partners to get some sense into this?

The issue of health reform was raised and the Minister referred to figures obscuring the facts and being misleading. One figure that is not obscure or misleading is that four general practitioners in south Tipperary have signed the GP contract for children aged under six years.

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