Jim Daly (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I assure all of the Deputies that I have taken note of all of their contributions and will relay them back to the Minister of Health, Deputy Harris, who is the line Minister with responsibility for this. Due to the competing demands on his time, he is not always able to come into the House. It is practice that Ministers of State from the Department would take some of these debates, but that does not mean that the Minister is any less-----

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