Verona Murphy (Wexford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

When the Taoiseach says it depends on the Government, he must acknowledge that he is the Taoiseach. The buck stops with him. He is the line manager of the Minister for Health. He says what comes and what goes. This has been in train for almost ten years. We now know that, according to Dr. Mick Molloy, the 97-bed block is not even sufficient capacity for the growth rate of the population of County Wexford. Will the Taoiseach stop dancing around on the top of the pinhead and declare when it will start and that it will happen? It will not believed by the people of Wexford until the foundations are dug.

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