Susan O'Keeffe (Labour)

Tempers inside and outside the House are running very high in the health debate. Clearly, there are many issues to be raised concerning local and regional hospitals, cancer services and the moratorium on recruitment which is affecting the opening of the accident and emergency department in Letterkenny and other services. I spoke to a person in a very senior position in the mental health service the other week who said the only ones really affected by the moratorium were people on the ground - nurses and porters. They are the ones who have been hit most. However, in running high temperatures, calls for people to take a rope and hang themselves are not appropriate.