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Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: What are the costings?

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: That is the lie, though.

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is not like the system in the Netherlands. That is the lie.

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Four years later.

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach confirmed earlier that the Government told a major untruth before the last general election that it would introduce the Dutch model of universal health insurance, UHI. Papers were published, there were detailed documents and visits to Holland and the country was led to believe for a full year that this was the Holy Grail of health solutions and health policies. I was...

Order of Business (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Dutch model is gone.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I raise one specific issue. The Taoiseach replied in relation to Portlaoise. The health committee of the Cabinet met in May. The Taoiseach said it meets monthly and gave out the dates of the previous five meetings. Repeated warnings were given in relation to safety in the maternity unit at Portlaoise in particular as well as to other obstetric units. The Joint Committee on Health and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It is a different grade.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: They did. The Minister should speak to those involved with the NTPF. It was a success but the previous Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, created a different agency and he employed people who had contracts overseas. They did not even pay tax in this country. The exercise went nowhere. Essentially, the Government undermined the NTPF at a time when it was making inroads. The idea of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: What was the outcome of the survey?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach cited the Dutch model.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: It was the only one. The Taoiseach told the people that we would follow the Dutch model.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Fine Gael paraded it up and down the country.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has extraordinary nerve to tell the House he never said it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Am I hearing this?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: I am incredulous. I cannot understand what the Taoiseach is saying.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: He is now saying the Dutch model is not suitable for Ireland. He promised the people of Ireland we would follow the Dutch model.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Fine Gael produced a paper on it.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Let us inject a bit of life into this debate. The world will fall asleep listening to us.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Cabinet Committee Meetings (26 May 2015)

Micheál Martin: Is the Dutch model gone?