Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure if this relates to Questions on Promised Legislation. We had an opportunity on Leaders' Questions already to discuss the impending nurses' strike and I am sure we will have other opportunities to do so in the future. The Deputy is correct that appointments are cancelled for any number of reasons but 10,000 specialist appointments and 1,000 operations cancelled for tomorrow is a lot.

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