Thomas Byrne (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I completely and utterly disagreed with them but they did not make a promise that they knew was false, like the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, and Fine Gael. The Fine Gael organisation indicated that services would be restored after the election. My colleagues resigned because they disagreed with the decision but they were also realistic in that they did not promise that a decision would be changed. There was a very specific promise made to ill people, which was a sick act.

I am opposed to more ministerial involvement and the private health care system proposed by the Minister. He recommended the case of the Netherlands but costs there have increased over the years.