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Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: -----smear tests and a range of work so GPs do not have to do it? The transfer of work from doctors to nurses in the acute hospital sector has not happened to the degree we would expect it to.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: Any time there has been an initiative where people return unused medication, we do not see just a few boxes or cartons but rather we see tonnes of medication returned. That is at huge cost to taxpayers. The Opposition has made no remarks to upset anybody and always wants to keep things fluffy by blaming others. Why is it that the absence rate of certain groups in the health sector is...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: Should something be done about it?

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: That is a simplistic answer.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: The Opposition has nothing to offer with this. There is no discussion and it has not bothered to examine the issue.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: It is about simple, opportunistic and foolish remarks. Perhaps that is why Fianna Fáil is still not taken seriously by the Irish people.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: It really has nothing to offer only more of the same attitude which got us into this mess. We are working on delivering a health service that is as efficient as possible and we are making the absolute best of the resources we currently have. We will drill right down through the system to ensure we can get the best service for patients. This matter remains about funding and not just for the...

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: We are working in that direction. As we have recovered the public finances to some degree after the disastrous process-----

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: I do not for a moment take the Deputy to be-----

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: I do not take them to be a complete pack of fools. I know they like to shout down people.

Hospital Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (15 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: I do not take those opposite as fools-----

Hospital Services: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2015)

Liam Twomey: I call Deputies Seamus Healy and Thomas Pringle. They have five minutes to share.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Personally, I believe the idea that we would call for a referendum on Irish Water is daft. I believe also that members of the Opposition know within their hearts that it is daft. Why not call for a referendum on all our hospitals remaining in public ownership?

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: Would members opposite like a referendum to ensure that will always be the case? Should the same apply in respect of our roads and so on? The fact that members opposite are calling for a referendum means that not only do they have no regard for the Dáil Chamber and the Oireachtas but they have no regard for the people who elected them. The people elected the Deputies to represent...

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The Deputy is one of those people. He is a slow converter to democracy as well.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: There are a few other Deputies behind Deputy Ó Snodaigh who also need a little house training. They still have not got their heads around that anarchy and all that rubbish does not make for a better country.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: My point is that there are some people here who have little regard for the Oireachtas yet they are calling for a referendum on Irish Water.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: The people do not want to privatise Irish Water. It is only in the United Kingdom that water companies are privatised. This does not happen in Northern Ireland, the Republic or most European countries. It is only in the United Kingdom that that happened and we have seen how it failed.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: We have no intention of repeating those mistakes.

Water Services Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (17 Dec 2014)

Liam Twomey: I will give way if the Deputy has something to inform me on.