Dáil
‹ Leaders’ Questions. Health Minister’s continuation in office
Summary
Gilmore asks whether Mary Harney will remain Health Minister; the Taoiseach’s response implies that she will, prompting exchanges between Harney and Brendan Howlin about the record of a former Labour health minister.
I take it from the Taoiseach's forceful reply that the Minister for Health and Children is staying in office.
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Deputy Higgins is offering to take up the job.
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That answers one of my three questions.
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The last Labour Party Minister for Health ran out of the Department.
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That is absolutely untrue, Mary, and you know it.
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If one reads Fergus Finlay's book, one will know that is what happened.
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He could not wait to get out.
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I will take the Minister's job tomorrow if she wants to leave.
