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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I got very little response when I raised it on the Adjournment.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: There were statements on Sligo hospital. I know all about Sligo.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: That is very obvious.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: More of a stage appearance.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I wish to second the proposal by my colleagues, Senator John Kelly, Senator Jimmy Harte and others that the Minister for Health, Deputy Reilly, should be asked to attend the House to give an outline of his health policies, particularly concerning the difficulties we are encountering in Roscommon. These concern the Government's proposal to downgrade the accident and emergency unit at...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Leader should ask the Minister to attend the House to explain these matters. The Minister wrote a letter entitled: "Dear people of Roscommon, I'm going to lie to you now."

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: No, that is not what he said. He said I would like to confirm-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I would like to ask the Leader to ask the Minister for Health how he could send a letter to the people of Roscommon saying that the accident and emergency unit would not be downgraded, and that if it closed, he would reopen it. Those are the lies. Let us be clear that the Labour Party is in government. Senator John Kelly said that the future of the hospital was very safe in Labour Party hands.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Which one?

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: No. I want to make this quite clear, he did not say that. He said, "Dear people of Roscommon...". At that stage, he did not say at that stage "we are going to lie to you", but he has lied to them.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Minister said that in the event of the accident and emergency unit being downgraded "we are committed to reinstating a 24/7 service". If that is true-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: But a lie is a lie.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I can prove it.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Last Friday, the Minister was asked a question by Senator John Kelly and others, and he said: "That was then, this is now. I'll take the hit".

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Minister is going to take the hit, yet he is not in the constituency at all. Yesterday, the Taoiseach said that from 11 July-----

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: It would be appropriate for the Minister for Health to attend the House to make a statement concerning the letter he sent to the people of Roscommon before the election giving those commitments. The people have been misled. Labour share the responsibility for this and Michael D. Higgins will suffer a fate at the hands of the electorate in the presidential election. The people will respond...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: There is a serious situation in Roscommon. The people of Roscommon have been betrayed by the Labour Party and Fine Gael concerning the accident and emergency unit at Roscommon Hospital.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: The Labour Party is in coalition now and if it cannot stand the heat, it should get out of the kitchen. They are all culpable.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: I might be better than some of them that are going.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2011)

Terry Leyden: Hear, hear.