Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My apologies. I extend the sympathies of the Fianna Fáil Party to Bernadette, the wife of Mr. Thomas Power, who died during the week in an ambulance on his way to Cork University Hospital. Mr. Power was only 40. He was due to be a first-time father and he passed away, as we know, because there was no specialist cardiac facilities in Waterford. I wish to amend the Order of Business to call on the Minister for Health to attend the House today to address this matter.

I also wish to put on the record my disappointment that yesterday the Taoiseach, Deputy Leo Varadkar, nominated only three women out of 19 Ministers of State. It is pretty outrageous that in the 21st century he seems to have absolute disregard for women.