Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----and I would like to talk about them. I have not received a letter from anybody in this House asking me to open a playground but I received many asking me to open golf clubs. That says a lot about our values as a society.

In regard to BreastCheck and CervicalCheck, and any attempt to create a conspiracy theory in this regard, let us remember what we told people: "Do not leave your house. Stay at home". We suspended all non-Covid care other than the most essential in line with the National Public Health Emergency Team's decision to pause all services, which I think was on 27 March. It was a decision made by them. The decision was the right decision. A similar decision was made in Northern Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, England and Wales.

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