Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister need not panic because I am coming to the next part. It notes that there is €16 million of an underspend. I understand all that, but we still need to have dentists, so I do not know what the Minister is doing there. I will move on. The Minister and the Government are concerned, but not concerned enough to implement a comprehensive plan actually to address the crisis.

Last month in Kildare, President Higgins said that our greatest failure is housing. Surely healthcare is a very close second. The health system is broken. The Government does not even bother to pay lip service to Sláintecare anymore. My colleague, an Teachta Cullinane, has a plan that is fully costed and will address the health crisis. We know the issues and we have proposals to start to address them. They will not be an overnight fix, and we know that, but there will be an overnight indication that we are willing to take action. I am absolutely sick of the endless hand-wringing and whataboutery from this Government. We all see the problems and we need to act now.

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