Seanad debates
Wednesday, 25 June 2003
Council Regulation on Procedures for amending the Sirene Manual: Referral to Joint Committee. - Health Service Reform: Statements (Resumed).
I agree with Senator Kenneally about investment since 1998. If I had been told then that the health budget would be increased by a factor of two and a half and increase the numbers working in the health service by an amount equal to our total number of civil servants, I would have thought all our problems would end. However, that has not been the case and it is irritating to hear a succession of Ministers and Government speakers say this; we all know it. They can either take credit for it or take the blame for not being able to make it work. However, it is not possible to have it both ways. It is not working and that may be because there is not enough money.
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