Danny Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In the short time available, I hope that whatever agreement happens our health service does not get any worse. It could not be any worse. We are taking children to have their tonsils and eyes seen in the North. We are lucky to be able to do that. I had a very sad experience recently dealing with a nine year old child from another country who moved to Killarney.

I had to take that nine year old child up to Belfast to get his eyes seen to. His fingers were around his eyes when he tried to read his copybooks during his lessons.

I do not know what happened to my time. I hope that things do not disimprove because they could not be any worse. It is dreadful to think-----

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