Frances Fitzgerald (Fine Gael)

I thank the Minister for attending the debate tonight but I regret the inflexibility of her response to a reasonable, balanced and well considered motion. I hope the Minister has listened carefully to the excellent points that were made. Clearly, Members did not have enough time to put forward the points they wished to make. I applaud the Minister's concern for patient safety but Members on this side of the House have spent the past year highlighting the risks to patients under the current Government's policies and the actions undertaken in the reform of the HSE. One need only mention Rebecca O'Malley, Susie Long, the women in Portlaoise, Cork and Limerick,——