Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

With respect to what we saw on the "Prime Time" programme last night on procurement, will the Leader ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a role for the Garda? There are hundreds of people on trolleys in hospitals yet people are accepting holidays in Portugal and elsewhere. I am not saying anybody is guilty at this stage but if money is going astray, and we heard this morning that ten times the price was paid for a particular article, surely that is fraud, and that there are criminal offences that should be investigated.

With respect to the issue of homelessness, I remind the House that Senator Healy Eames brought to our attention 17 pregnant women who are homeless in Dublin this very day.