Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Last Saturday morning, I sent another bus of 24 people to the North for cataract removal as a direct result of the failure of the HSE to provide for same in the South on time and before those people went blind. Given what is happening with Brexit, what comfort can the Taoiseach provide to the many others who are waiting their turn to go to the North to have these operations in circumstances in which we are failing to carry them out on time here? The only hope to save the eyesight of these people is to travel to the North to have their cataracts removed. What comfort can the Taoiseach provide those people if the cross-border health directive fails due to Brexit?

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