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

It is interesting to note that universal health insurance, which was supposed to solve all problems and was used as a cover for the Government to say it would take care of everything, has been shelved. The Government told the Irish people it would get everybody off trolleys. I had to answer questions from journalists who kept asking me if Deputy Reilly got it wrong.

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