Madam, – We in this country are closing down hospitals, or healthcare facilities, particularly here in the west of Ireland because of a shortfall of maybe a hundred million euro. Our Government has decided to repay one bank’s bad debt of approximately 30 thousand million euro, in taxpayers’ money.
Surely, these overseas speculators in Anglo Irish Bank, while enjoying the benefits of the Irish Government’s recent decisions, would also applaud a reversal of all these recent ill-thought-out decisions, if it meant Ireland had a half decent health service. If not, should we rush to reimburse those who think so little of us, if at all?
We, here in the Sligo area, and I’m sure all the way up and down the west and south west, are appalled at the recent closures, or imminent service curtailments that have been foisted upon us, for want of a fraction of the billions being used to bail out the banks.
We live in hope, perhaps expectation, that someone of ability in Government will see the need to resuscitate and maintain a decent health service which is surely the right of all the people in this country. – Is mise,