Seanad debates

Wednesday, 23 October 2002

It is into this unaccountable mess that the previous Government pumped billions of euro and, inevitably, did not get what it wanted. That happened for a number of reasons, one of which is that the billions of euro were spread over an extending health service. Every time he gets the chance, the Minister for Finance wonders somewhat plaintively where all the money went and why nothing improved. It seems difficult to get him to read what the Department of Health and Children said about the increased expenditure. The Government had to provide hugely expanded services for children because of the scandalous neglect of child services previously and it had to expand services for people with disabilities, which I acknowledge it did, particularly for those suffering from intellectual disability.

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