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

I and many of the NGOs support intervening much earlier.

I have dealt with Deputy Paul Murphy’s point in my response to Deputy McDonald. On Deputy Barry’s point, again the investment has been provided. Very often, this depends on how local management and regional management prioritise key services, as well as how they allocate the large funding that has been allocated to them.

On Deputy Carthy’s point, the health service needs radical reform. The Department itself needs to be developed strongly. It needs to be the place to go to, if I am frank about it.

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