Donie Cassidy (Fianna Fail)

Senators McFadden, O'Toole, Alex White, Bradford, Doherty, Callely, Hannigan, Deary, Buttimer, Glynn, O'Reilly, Norris, Donohoe, Harris, John Paul Phelan, Mullen and Corrigan expressed further shock and horror at the revelations that 30,000 general practitioner referral letters went unanswered. Senator Callely is an experienced former Minister of State and former chairman of the Eastern Health Board and, as he said, it is a wake up call. I hope when the Minister for Health and Children returns from New Zealand, she will come to the House for an all day debate on everything to do with health but, especially, this debacle at Tallaght Hospital.