Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was not aware that it was in such difficulty and I am not sure how many people were at the time. It emerged in weeks that it was in serious difficulty. What I did know was that it had hundreds, if not thousands, of members who were GPs and had been very influential. The same would apply to any representative body, NGO, or union. One operates with them on the basis that they have a memberships, one does not necessarily know their internal difficulties.

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