Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)
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Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children her views on the failure of political leadership in her Department between 2000 and 2004. [9517/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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I take it the Deputy is referring to the subject matter of the Travers report, but I believe his question prejudges any answer I may give. It is a function of the Oireachtas to hold Ministers to account. The House considered the report for two hours on 10 March, including a half an hour of questions to me and to my predecessor as Minister for Health and Children. The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children has also been asked by Dáil Éireann to consider the report over the next three months. I have given my views already extensively to the House and I remain fully willing to assist the joint Oireachtas committee in its detailed considerations.