Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Micheál Martin should be careful and have patience because one does not do everything in six months or by announcements. Before he gets carried away with the power he undoubtedly holds in this House and with his willingness to attack Ministers for not delivering enormous achievements in their first six months in office, let me remind him of some of the times he seems to have forgotten. As a former Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin leaves a great legacy known as the Health Service Executive.

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