Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Ar Lá Idirnáisiúnta na mBan, is masla amach is amach é go bhfuil an Taoiseach ag dul ar aghaidh le cainteanna rúnda ar chúla téarmaí ó thaobh an ospidéil náisiúnta máithreachais de. It is an absolute insult, on International Women's Day, that the Taoiseach said to my colleague that we should use Private Members' time to raise this issue. On three occasions, we have done so and the Dáil has appealed unanimously to the Government to ensure we have a public hospital on public land. Will the Taoiseach commit, on International Women's Day, to putting this issue down as a matter of urgency for full, open and frank debate?

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