Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail)

In any event I would like a debate on the progress of the implementation of that programme. As Members will be aware, while there is progress in some parts of the country, there are very serious problems in the north west and there is continuing neglect and discrimination proposed by the control programme there.

I congratulate the medical teams at Sligo General Hospital for standing shoulder square, as it were, in the defence of delivery of the best service to the patients of that area. The general practitioners there, together with the medical body of Sligo General Hospital, believe their services must continue and they must do what represents the best care for their patients. With that in mind, I ask for a debate at a convenient time in the near future.