Accusations over scoliosis funding
The exchange continued over whether CHI and the Minister had responded properly to warnings that the €19 million was not being used as intended. Deputy Doherty said families had raised the alarm repeatedly and the money was not being spent in the right place, while the Tánaiste insisted audits cannot be done within weeks of funding being allocated.
That is a total misrepresentation, and the Deputy knows it.
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It is of no benefit to the families to hear the Deputy's dishonesty in Dáil Éireann.
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The Minister's time would be better spent meeting the families rather than shouting over at us. Meet the families.
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If Members want to have a private discussion about this, have it outside, please, not here. We have a programme to follow. I call Deputy Cairns.
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For the record, I am only putting the words of the families on the record; they are not my words.