Clare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent) | Oireachtas source

-----not medical errors. These are the issues. It is a case that has arisen. Unlike the previous four medical reports, the experts in this case were administrators who do not have medical qualifications. This woman was basically deprived of her livelihood. There are huge questions in respect of this case. Ms Canning has been dragged through a four-year discovery process by the HSE and her time has run out. She is dying, unfortunately, of cancer. We need to rip up the HSE policy of deny, defend and waste time that has devastated the lives of so many people. If one good thing could come from this afternoon, it would be if the Minister of State asked the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to intervene on Philomena Canning's behalf with the HSE in order that she can get the settlement she deserves before it is too late.

Instead, we are here talking about ticket touts. It is in indictment of the so-called confidence and supply agreement that this situation has arisen and that this Bill is the best that the Government can come up with. I am actually genuinely embarrassed for the Government. Deputy Rock went out on the plinth with a cardboard cut-out of what was supposed to be a ticket tout but what looked more like a flasher in a raincoat and a hat. Deputy Rock was kicking him. If any of us did that we would be condemned for inciting violence by kicking another human being. This pathetic stunt was carried out in order to get publicity for a Bill that is not only not a priority in the real lives of people but does not even scratch the surface-----

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