Camillus Glynn (Fianna Fail)

There were several requests by hospital and nurse management for the upgrading of facilities at St. Loman's but the Health Service Executive did not carry out any improvements. It is easy for people to view a facility and claim it is not acceptable. The question that must be asked is why. Why were its patients for many years left unattended and uncared for? Nurses and assistant care staff are not plasterers, carpenters or painters; they are care professionals.

Having worked as a public servant for a long number of years, it is the first time the public service has been politicised. I regret this. I believe it is a backward step and very wrong.