Dominic Hannigan (Labour)

When the Tánaiste mentions two Commissioners, she means only one and they are backed by a cast who thinks it is okay to say one thing in the Houses about cancer services and to say something completely different outside the front gates of Leinster House.

We also suffer from a lack of plain speaking in this Chamber. Government Members called for a debate on Waterford Crystal but that has not taken place. Yesterday, a number of them were at odds about whether Ireland has a veto at the World Trade Organisation talks and, on a weekly basis, Government Members say it is time to reform the HSE. They have the power to do that but they are doing nothing. It is time we had more plain speaking from the Government. As a Deputy said repeatedly in the Lower House yesterday, one cannot have it both ways. I would like a debate on the use of plain speaking in the House.