John Lahart (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Ceann Comhairle may have noticed that the most mentioned acronym today is NTPF. Fine Gael abolished it. In what way had Fine Gael hoped to deal with this issue, going back six or seven years? The Minister's answers this afternoon have all been peppered with the NTPF. It was a Fianna Fáil invention. Fine Gael scrapped it and did not want to countenance it in the confidence and supply agreement. The Government had to be persuaded. That is a genuine question. In what way had Fine Gael hoped to deal with the waiting lists? What was Fine Gael's and the Government's big idea?

The Minister said for the second time since I came in here this afternoon that he welcomes ideas. He is the Minister and he is elected. He comes from a party that is supposed to be full of ideas. What are his ideas?

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