Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

Noreen O'Neill and many of her supporters are climbing a mountain at the weekend to highlight this case but they have to climb a mountain every day to fight for the healthcare needs of their children. It is a disgrace that this State is forcing people to go abroad to access healthcare. I am not talking about Britain but to the Netherlands, the Spanish state and beyond. The events in the UK show that this issue is not going away. It will come back onto the agenda again, and the Government will have to deal with it. The people will make sure that it does.

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