Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I ask the Taoiseach to engage with the clinicians involved here. Will he meet them? Will he work out with them and the hospital a solution to this which will ensure that the life-saving surgery that is required happens? It can happen, and the Taoiseach knows it. It happened with the discretionary medical cards, even though we had to press for change in that area for two years. The Taoiseach can implement change here too if he intervenes effectively and appropriately.

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