Government health policy
Senator Bacik says the Government is pursuing major health-care reform and blames the previous Fianna Fáil Government for consultants’ pay arrangements, while colleagues press her on home-care cuts.
I finally get a chance to say that the Leader will respond to Senator O’Brien’s request for an amendment to the Order of Business. I have spoken on health in this House many times. The Government is the first to adopt a radical policy of health care reform. It is the first Government to take on consultants. Let us not forget who negotiated the sweetheart deal with the consultants. That was the then Minister, Mary Harney.
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Blaming Fianna Fáil is losing the Labour Party votes.
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It was a Fianna Fáil-led Government that negotiated the rates of pay for consultants.
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What about the commitments in the programme for Government?
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Senator Bacik should deal with home-care hours.
