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

Last January the Minister, Deputy Varadkar, produced his 25 priorities when he published a budget, which provided for reducing accident and emergency department waiting times for the number of people waiting for longer than nine hours to more than one third. The Taoiseach has come in here today and said that he would love to know why this is happening, after he said two years ago that he would take personal charge and after the Minister establishing a task force, the co-chairman of which has said it has not made a dent on the problem. Then the Taoiseach says people are resisting change. That is an appalling assertion against the staff in our emergency departments.

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