James Bannon (Fine Gael)

They are the ones who made promises and betrayed citizens at the last general election. Stress has been caused because they reneged on their promises. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Martin, to the House to tell us when he will intervene in order to end the public health doctors' dispute which has continued for nine weeks. We also have nurses on strike in the Midland Health Board area because of the intolerable conditions under which some elderly persons must live. In addition, children are not being immunised and disabled person's grants are not being processed. It is very important that we have a debate on this issue because the public health doctors' dispute must end before we host the Special Olympics. Communities are living in fear.