Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

That answer is pure useless, toothless and fruitless, for that matter. Instead of a €5 million spin machine, would the Taoiseach install mirrors in his office and get a gramophone that will tell him that he is in power, in government, that it was not like that when he got here, that he has been in power for seven years now and should stop blaming the past for everything? He should have someone to pinch him every day to remind him that he is in power and should not be tweeting about something else. He is not even remotely engaged with the people. There are over 1,100 constituents in Tipperary alone waiting for these services. When will the Minister of State put in place psychotherapists, occupational therapists and others? Going to America will not fill many of those positions. In Clonmel alone, those vacancies have been compounded and the dreadful situation in south Tipperary clearly needs to be addressed urgently. What is the HSE doing to ensure that the vacancies in the intellectual disability services are being filled? I suggest that it is doing nothing. It is time for the Taoiseach to get real, cut out the spin and get some substance into his Taoiseach-hood before it passes him by. The people will not be interested in spinning when he goes out to knock on the doors. They will be waiting in the long grass and the grass will not be cut either.

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