Marc MacSharry (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

To conclude this debate, the Minister's speech, the contribution of his colleagues and this amendment fall short of an assurance that each of these centres will continue to have obstetrician-led maternity services. The people of the north west of the country are entitled to better and as I stated in response to another Minister lately on a different issue, members of the Government need to get it into their heads that there is a culture in Ireland whereby people live outside Dublin and are as entitled to services as people anywhere else. Many of the Minister's colleagues, through no fault of their own, lost their seats last week. I hope the Minister is listening this time.