Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail)

I will deal with one issue. On 8 February 2011, the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, was in Roscommon town and gave a commitment to maintain the service at Roscommon County Hospital. He said he did not come to the town lightly and that those in accident and emergency, knew Fine Gael would maintain the service. The Tánaiste gave a similar commitment. The Minister for Health, Deputy James Reilly, gave a strong commitment and said he would reopen the hospital if it was closed. That is all very fine but the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has allocated €20 million to the accident and emergency unit in Wexford General Hospital, and he is supposed to be the Minister for cutbacks. It is okay to take the accident and emergency unit in Roscommon County Hospital because it has no Labour Party seat, nor will it have. The Fine Gael Party won two seats but it will not win them again. It will be lucky to get one seat on the occasion of the next election because the one it had is gone. The Deputy concerned jumped ship and had to do so because he gave so many commitments to Roscommon County Hospital following which he was elected. Fine Gael won two seats by false pretences in the constituency of Roscommon-Leitrim but it will not happen again. The people can be fooled once but not twice.