Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Tá níos mó ná fadhb ann sa scéal seo. Tá sé scannalach go bhfuil daoine óga ag feitheamh is ag feitheamh is ag feitheamh agus ag fulaingt mar seo. Tá sé scannalach agus is é sin an focal ceart atá i gceist. I have being raising this issue here for almost a decade, as have other colleagues. It is time for the Taoiseach to confess and own up to the fact that it is utterly scandalous that children in that degree of pain are left to wait. More scandalous yet is the fact that the Minister for Health could state last night that he does not know where the €19 million that was to be dedicated for the children's treatment is. He cannot tell us where that money went. I am not interested in a political football; nor are the families and their advocates. We are interested in a credible, good-faith response from the Government. That means accountability and it means action. It is certainly not acceptable that the Taoiseach cannot answer basic questions on where resources have gone.

Will the Government withdraw the amendment to the Private Members' motion? Will it accept in good faith the plan that the families and advocates support? Will the Taoiseach meet with them to discuss that very plan?

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