Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Let us be clear and let us not take away from the junior Minister, Deputy Marcella Corcorcoran-Kennedy and Senator Frances Black, who were the real champions in relation to the Public Health Alcohol Bill.

Let us also be clear that the Minister is far from implementing Sláintecare and is failing dramatically in that regard.

I also listened to the outbursts from the Tánaiste and what he has put on the floor of the Dáil today is disappointing and dishonest. It is surprising and disturbing that he has used this opportunity to make the type of attacks he made. He knows more than most in his Cabinet and more than most in this House, outside of our party, what is at the core of the issue in the North. It is disappointing that he has used this opportunity-----

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