Victor Boyhan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister to the House and it is always great to see her here. I thank Fine Gael for this Private Members' time because it gives us an opportunity to talk about the inflationary crisis that this country faces.

The Minister has said that we cannot have people coming into the Oireachtas day in, day out asking for stuff and we need to be strategic. I fully agree with her on that. However, I attend the Order of Business every day and I listen to Government Members talk about hospitals and health issues. Indeed, I commend Senator Buttimer on suggesting, during the Order of Business debate this week, that we have a meeting prior to the budget to discuss things. I thought to myself that we do not have to wait too long as we had this debate arranged.