Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

I join Senator Fitzgerald in seeking a debate on the HSE and cancer services. While I cannot support an amendment to the Order of Business, I am confident the Deputy Leader will try his best to accede to the wishes of the House for a thorough debate on the health service generally and on what, at times, appear to be independent actions by the HSE. There must be accountability, and there have been a number of incidents in recent days that are unacceptable to the public, not least Professor Drumm's suggestion that public protest was in some way responsible for negatives in the system.