Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)

Given that the Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources unanimously approved a motion on the broadcasting levy, I ask the Leader, in the interest of jobs and communications policy, to accept Senator O'Toole's motion allowing it to be passed rather than divide the House, as Senator Norris rightly remarked. That would give power to all of us in this House.

Some 54,000 X-rays were not read. It is not the Minister's duty to read all those X-rays. The story of Tallaght Hospital is about patients who are people, as Senator Ross rightly noted. It is about what happens when there is no accountability and responsibility. There is a fault line in Irish life today, created in the main by the Fianna Fáil Party. There is neither accountability nor responsibility. When will we see the Government accepting responsibility? It is sickening to listen to people talking about the HSE. The HSE was created and is fed by Government. It was created as a buffer zone, with bureaucrats taking the blame instead of having political responsibility. When will this stop?

We are talking about people. If one listens to Rebecca O'Malley or reads her comments in the newspapers this morning, one will see that the core of what she is saying is that certain people are looking after others. There is a bonus culture in this country, again created by Fianna Fáil, which has allowed for the passing of the buck. When will we see an end to the Fianna Fáil operation of allowing for no responsibility or accountability? When will we see change?

When will we have a debate-----