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Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will take no lectures from the Deputy on the health matters in this country.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy sat over here as Minister responsible for health matters and denied any responsibility for anything happening in the Department of Health. He said he had no responsibility.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Deputy's colleague in that Government set up the HSE and said there would be no redundancies after putting 13 health boards together. That Government poured hundreds of millions of euro in taxpayers' money into the black hole of a financial system within the health service that was unable to deliver the services that our patients and people need.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, has been left to clean up the most unholy mess-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: It is the legacy of a Government that was out of control-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I will not take any lectures from Deputy Micheál Martin on the performance and legacy of what was left of the health system.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The Minister, Deputy Reilly, and the Government have set our targets for spending in the health service and every other Department. There will be no supplementary budget this year as the agreements set out last year must be achieved. With the interim board of the HSE, the Minister is dealing with the matter, and we had some discussions about that last week. It seems to me that Deputy...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: Sometimes I wonder about the Deputy.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: This morning he had the view that the Constitution could be changed just like that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: On issues where he has a clear policy, he wants them put to the convention. On issues where he has no policy, he wants them dealt with just like that. With regard to the health issue, agreements were made by the Government last year covering all Departments. These were very tough and challenging, and they included the health area. The health area has overrun, as it has done for many...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: We must work to achieve the aims of the agreements signed off last year and more. There is an interim board of the HSE chaired by the Secretary General of the Department-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----so the Deputy is wrong on that.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: I do not accept the recommendations that were coming from the HSE-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----in respect of achieving these cutbacks, which would essentially destroy the fabric of the health sector as we know it. This is a very challenging time and I commend the clinical and medical teams, nurses and doctors who work on the front line. They have made serious changes within the context of the Croke Park agreement to rosters, travel and giving commitments so that the patients...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: There is a realism here that, irrespective of the negotiations and the outcome the Minister, Deputy Noonan, achieves in Europe. we have a problem in this country in respect of our public finances. We must sort it out ourselves and every Department is involved. What we want is that those people who need medical attention can get it as close to them as possible as quickly as possible-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----irrespective of what they have in their pockets.

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: The changes being made by the Minister for Health involving the structure of this-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----are already making progress in terms of trolleys, waiting lists, admissions to accident and emergency departments. The structure being changed-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----not only through the Croke Park agreement, but through other issues, is making a difference to patients on trolleys, waiting lists, accident and emergency departments, coverage of medical cards and-----

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2012)

Enda Kenny: -----changing from branded drugs to generic drugs and dealing with the pharmaceutical companies. All of this is the complete focus of the Government in so far as the Department of Health is concerned.