Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

Last month the Minister for housing, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister for integration, Deputy O'Gorman, were exchanging blows at Cabinet on the issue of migrant accommodation. This month the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Donohoe, and the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, are taking lumps out of each other on the issue of public health spending.

According to the Irish Daily Mail, the Minister for public expenditure, Deputy Donohoe, thinks that the actions of the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, are appalling and are leading to a material and significant risk to our public finances. The Minister for public expenditure labelled the health Minister's management of his Department as exceptionally frustrating. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, retorted that he thought Paschal Donohoe was insane. It seems the closer we get to the election, the gloves are starting to come off on this issue.

The key point is that while these Ministers are squabbling, we have a health service that is in free fall in the delivery of key services to people. When will the Taoiseach put an end to the squabbling and make sure that the health service gets the funding it needs?

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