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Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach has some nerve.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: I ask the Taoiseach about the commitment in the programme for Government and the commitment given by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to publish the results of the comprehensive spending review in October. There is a lot of interest in this. Along with other Deputies, I attended a meeting the other night on special needs provision, where cutbacks are continuing despite a level...

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Did the Taoiseach say he is not going to publish the comprehensive spending review per se?

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Why not?

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The bord snip nua report was published.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is a new departure.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: This is extraordinary.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The Taoiseach is not going to publish the comprehensive spending review.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: He is not going to publish-----

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: He did say that.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Tell that to the people in Roscommon.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Safeguarding the seat.

Order of Business (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Is that why the Tánaiste is not here?

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: Last July, the Minister for Health and deputy leader of Fine Gael met with all the Laois Dáil Deputies regarding their concerns about the future role of Portlaoise General Hospital and particularly their concerns that there would be no reduction of accident and emergency services in that hospital. In subsequent radio interviews, many Deputies, including Fine Gael's Deputy Charles Flanagan,...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: I am referring to a document which was sent to the Committee of Public Accounts by the HSE's national director for integrated services, performance and financial management, Laverne McGuinness.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: It clearly states that a medical assessment unit in a module 2 local hospital was for GP-referred, differentiated medical patients with a low risk of requiring full resuscitation. It lists all the hospitals, including Ennis, Portlaoise, Nenagh, Navan, Roscommon, Loughlinstown, St. John's in Limerick, and Dún Laoghaire.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: That is the document I am referring to and I want confirmation from the Taoiseach-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: It was in July of this year, when the Minister met with the Deputies concerned. The document is dated 26 July 2011. Therefore, at the same time the Minister was meeting those Deputies, the HSE wrote to the Committee of Public Accounts. It is coming up tomorrow at that committee.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: There is a genuine issue there if Deputy Buttimer will allow me to articulate the point. All along we are getting different stories.

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2011)

Micheál Martin: The issue is that different commitments are being made to different people, while different stories are being told on an ongoing basis. The HSE communication states that a medical assessment unit is in development in Portlaoise. The only reason it is in development is to replace the accident and emergency facility.