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

The accountability should be with the Minister and with the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach said four and a half years ago he would end the scandal of people waiting on trolleys. He said that. There was a supplementary budget of €680 million last year. What is that saying? That speaks to the dishonesty at the heart of the Government’s approach to the health service, consistently, deliberately falsifying the health budget every year to suit its own budgetary figures, allowing no planning, ignoring all the advice. When Deputy Varadkar became Minister for Health he was told that Deputy Reilly’s reform proposals were unworkable. The Taoiseach has some neck. Look at his programme for Government. He should read the eight pages on the health service. It is complete fantasy.

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