Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to get my head around the actual attitude of the Taoiseach and whether he is completely oblivious to the real crisis in our health system. I spent a chunk of yesterday in Wexford General Hospital talking to staff. People who had been evaluated expect the deals they do with the Government to be delivered upon, given that they stuck with those deals through the hard times. Giving praise to people and saying everybody is doing a great job is well and good but when we shake hands and do a deal with people, and they stuck with the Government through the hard times, it really is important that we deliver upon the deals that are struck. In terms of my very straightforward question on the support staff in hospitals, will the Taoiseach tell me now that the deal struck with SIPTU under the Lansdowne Road agreement will be delivered this year as promised?

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