Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I salute the extraordinary courage of Vicky Phelan and all the women and families who have been dragged unwillingly into a scandal of enormous dimensions. As Deputy Healy-Rae and others said, I salute the front-line workers who are doing heroic work in the HSE and hospitals and everywhere else every day. It is an céad lá Bealtaine. In five days' time, the Minister will be two years in the job. He will have his pension entitlements, as will new Ministers. They are sticking like mud to a blanket to get their pensions and then the Government could fall apart. Does the Minister not accept the HSE is a totally dysfunctional, unaccountable and unmanageable outfit? Will the Minister give me his answer on that?

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