Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I would like to see the Minister positively discriminate against the north west of the country in terms of the 40,000 places that will be funded through the NTPF. It always worries me when the Minister puts the onus on the hospital to come up with a plan. We are driving the bus up here, at least we should be. People have been waiting for a long time not just for ENT but for the full range of procedures, although the biggest number is for ENT, and that initiative is appropriate. If the hospital is showing such a good initiative for ENT why not go the extra mile and fund additional clinics across the spectrum with the help of the NTPF?

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