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General Election TV debates

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  • #2432
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,374 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    realdanbreen wrote: »
    Polls my hole, to quote Mattie McGragth. The polls said Hillary would win the polls said brexit referendum would be defeated so bang on Mattie!

    Hillary did win the popular vote.


  • #2433
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,050 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    ednwireland wrote: »
    you do know that they are sent to a private clinic which the hse pays for dont you ?
    Oh yes. My wife availed of it.
    My taxes pay for it.


  • #2434
    Naggdefy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,981 ✭✭✭Naggdefy


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    A lot of people dont want to believe it. Close 15 hospitals. Divert resources to the half dozen that are worthwhile. Health service improved. But, the people of Ballinasloe, Nenagh, Roscommon, etc wont hear of it, even though it is harmful to their health to keep them open. It is the single reason why no progress has been made in decades of this Angola.

    Utter bol*ocks from the resident aristocrat. Regional hospitals have saved countless lives.


  • #2435
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,187 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    Giving free GP care results in people taking the ultra piss with visits.


  • #2436
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,991 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    Twice a year ?


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  • #2437
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,039 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    ricero wrote: »
    A private section in the national children's hospital is vile

    It's Disgusting

    Children ffs


  • #2438
    KrustyUCC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,077 ✭✭✭KrustyUCC


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    In that answer yeah but if he was that good on health as minister(along with other health minister) it wouldn’t be like it is now.

    True

    Just on the debate tonight and overall Health is a big election issue and MM scored more points in that section than the other 2


  • #2439
    gu1nness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28 ✭gu1nness


    Yeah, yeah, yeah, Mary Lou, we all know the ****ing problems in the country, the dogs on the street know....quit repeating them.

    Instead Mary Lou can you not give us one single ****ing thought through solution to any one of them, backed up with how you propose to finance same.

    Sick of ****ing listening to her.
    Sick of the three of them.
    God help our country.


  • #2440
    LineOfBeauty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,211 ✭✭✭LineOfBeauty


    MM is literally out here telling you you'll be broke trying to see a doctor, no hope, no nothing.


  • #2441
    gooch2k9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭gooch2k9


    Atlantic Dawn wrote: »
    Giving free GP care results in people taking the ultra piss with visits.

    Entirely right. A middle ground between free and the current €50 is what is needed.


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  • #2442
    Atlantic Dawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,187 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    You should get 1 free GP visit a year for every €10k in tax you pay.


  • #2443
    Trizo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭Trizo


    Fann Linn wrote: »
    Consultants making far too much on their private clinics, v that's the problem.

    Whatever the rights and wrongs of how much they earn ... that is how much they earn. You won’t attract them here with high tax and levies so we won’t fill the positions


  • #2444
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,355 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    So free GPs for everyone from Sinn Fein?

    You can't get a doctor to take you on in Dublin as things stand! And how are they going to pay for it?


  • #2445
    It wasnt me123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,786 ✭✭✭It wasnt me123


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    A lot of people dont want to believe it. Close 15 hospitals. Divert resources to the half dozen that are worthwhile. Health service improved. But, the people of Ballinasloe, Nenagh, Roscommon, etc wont hear of it, even though it is harmful to their health to keep them open. It is the single reason why no progress has been made in decades of this Angola.

    That sounds great unless you are over 65 and living in rural Ireland with the nearest hospital an hour drive away - and you don’t drive!

    There is a dreadful amount of waste in the health service like crutches that can’t be reused etc. Let’s have accountability for providing a service - go to any outpatient appointment and you can be sitting there for hours, and nobody gives a ****e. No. Accountability for a ****ty service.


  • #2446
    Assetbacked
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,969 ✭✭✭Assetbacked


    Leo being a bit flustered makes him seem a bit more human. When he gets going he is pointed in his responses. MM is too interested in elbowing FG with his points, to take down Leo rather than putting out his stall. MLM is trying to talk about the problems rather than on solutions. I'd like her to retort to the responses put to her.


  • #2447
    C__MC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,255 ✭✭✭C__MC


    Martin and varadkar superior leaders in comparison mlmcd


  • #2448
    History Queen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,483 ✭✭✭History Queen


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    A lot of people dont want to believe it. Close 15 hospitals. Divert resources to the half dozen that are worthwhile. Health service improved. But, the people of Ballinasloe, Nenagh, Roscommon, etc wont hear of it, even though it is harmful to their health to keep them open. It is the single reason why no progress has been made in decades of this Angola.


    Just to point out the people of Nenagh are at the mercy of the University Hospital Limerick in terms of A&E, a hospital consistently one of the three most over crowded in Ireland. I'd argue that having limited hospital services in Nenagh is hugely harmful to their health but not for the reasons you suggest.


  • #2449
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,252 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Leo really coming across as desperate in this speech


  • #2450
    Lackey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,118 ✭✭✭Lackey


    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    people travelling to WHERE to get cataracts removed??

    The Healy Rae's organise buses to bring people up to get it done.


  • #2451
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Naggdefy wrote: »
    Utter bol*ocks from the resident aristocrat. Regional hospitals have saved countless lives.

    In the greater scheme of things, having them, does more harm than good. This is why NO ONE can improve the system.


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  • #2452
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,573 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    Ardent wrote: »
    Michael Martin does not inspire confidence and coming across poorly from where I'm sitting.

    He's in complete fantasy land about his service to the state. It has all been about getting to the job of Taoiseach.


  • #2453
    gyppo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,649 ✭✭✭gyppo


    The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »
    A lot of people dont want to believe it. Close 15 hospitals. Divert resources to the half dozen that are worthwhile. Health service improved. But, the people of Ballinasloe, Nenagh, Roscommon, etc wont hear of it, even though it is harmful to their health to keep them open. It is the single reason why no progress has been made in decades of this Angola.

    Ever heard of the magic hour when you are having a stroke, heart attack, etc..???

    Now, try getting to one of your half dozen hospitals in that time if you live outside of a major city....


  • #2454
    Ohmeha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,176 ✭✭✭Ohmeha


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    True

    Health is a big election issue and MM scored more points in that section than the other 2
    He'll lose any points when people remember what a disaster he was in that ministry. All bluff from him


  • #2455
    mzungu
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 6,310 Mod ✭✭✭✭mzungu


    After all this time spent on health, it's a case of more heat than light.


  • #2456
    BQQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,159 ✭✭✭BQQ


    Itssoeasy wrote: »
    Twice a year ?

    yeah, that's a bit out there.

    Once every 2 years I would have thought


  • #2457
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,991 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    KrustyUCC wrote: »
    True

    Just on the debate tonight and overall Health is a big election issue and MM scored more points in that section than the other 2

    He did score points but it’s counter balanced by him being a health minister.


  • #2458
    Mervyn Skidmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,210 ✭✭✭Mervyn Skidmore


    Ireland must be the only country in the world where left leaning politicians object to a property tax.


  • #2459
    ricero
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,348 ✭✭✭✭ricero


    Totally agree with her on this matter


  • #2460
    Itssoeasy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,991 ✭✭✭✭Itssoeasy


    BQQ wrote: »
    yeah, that's a bit out there.

    Once every 2 years I would have thought

    If you’re healthy.


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  • #2461
    Phoebas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,371 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    super_furry wrote: »
    And how are they going to pay for it?

    Property tax?
    No not that.


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