Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I put it to the Taoiseach that he and the Minister have been in denial and that the Minister has not been upfront with this House. He needs to correct the record. Is the Taoiseach denying the sequence of events outlined by Dr. Gráinne Flannelly? Is he saying that this sequence of events did not occur? I also put it to the Taoiseach that his approach to the national screening service, notwithstanding the crisis last year, lacks character. The Minister's response also lacks character. The Taoiseach cannot say on one hand that a ten-year screening programme that has had a profound and significant impact on public health and which has reduced cancer rates-----

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