Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed)
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-04
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Catherine Connolly (IND), Galway West

This is my minute. It is my time. The Minister has abused that time. I did not criticise anyone. I commented that Dr. Sloane was at the end of his tether on behalf of his patients. It is totally disingenuous of the Minister to twist those words.
I am not asking the Minister any more questions. I am using my 30 seconds to say that what he has said is utterly disgraceful. We want to work with the Minister. It is impossible when he is being disingenuous. I had three minutes and I wanted to use them to elicit clarity. Perhaps, if the Minister of State had answered, we might be further along the way. I now have 13 seconds left. It is simply unacceptable to deal with elected Members in this manner, to personalise matters and not answer a practical question regarding the operational difficulties that one doctor, in particular, who is only representative of others, has on the ground. The criticism is with the Minister.

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Sitting date: 2021-03-04