Sir, – Having gone to college in less politically correct times, when telling jokes about men from the Kingdom was allowed, I never came across one that suggested Kerrymen asked the same question 115 times when the answer was the same each time! ("Michael Healy-Rae asks 115 Dáil questions in single day", July 25th)
It would be quite funny if I, as a self-employed taxpayer wasn’t paying €200 a go to keep the joke going.
Surely, Mr Healy-Rae should know that the people to ask these questions about hospital appointments are in the Health Service Executive.
On a more serious note, if the intention of Mr Healy-Rae is to move his clients up the waiting list, that means somebody else moves down the list or has an appointment or procedure cancelled.
Perhaps Mr Healy-Rae will pay for these questions out of his generous allowance?
– Yours, etc,
Dr STEPHEN MULVEY
Dundrum,
Dublin 14.