Terry Leyden (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes. This will be the issue in the election. No Roscommon man was ever before elected to the European Parliament. This is a major step. Now we have an opportunity in Roscommon for the Taoiseach and the Minister for Health to come down and explain why they misled the people of Roscommon in 2011. They will have to say whether they will re-open the accident and emergency unit in Roscommon County Hospital. If they do not re-open it Fine Gael can forget about winning a seat there. Fianna Fáil will contest, and hopes to win, that by-election. It has an honourable track record in respect of the hospital services in Roscommon.