Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle) | Oireachtas source

Let us be clear. We cannot have a situation in the House, during a debate on any particular subject, that a Member decides he or she will continue to make his or her own personal assertions about what a situation might or might not be. That is not debate. Deputies Shortall and Connolly have raised a question that I ask the Minister to bring clarity to in order that we can wind this up this discussion. He has indicated that he will bring this matter to Cabinet and to the Joint Committee on Health, that all the component parties will be involved in the debate at the committee and that there might possibly be a debate in the House on the matter. The question that has been reasonably asked is whether that will happen before a contract is signed.

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