Henceforth, you will obey: do you hear? You will obey.
As Ireland gets steadily older, the health services will come to play an increasingly large role in our lives.
In many ways, the proposed legislation is entirely at odds with Ireland’s concurrent economic strategy to position itself as the most tech-industry friendly country in the west.
How much of our money is being spent every day to cook food that is thrown out?
This, at least, suggests that Government understands the nature of the problem.
Darragh O’Brien is one of the smarter members of Government. He has no business standing for nonsense like this from officials.
If Irish people desire an alternative to their political culture, they will need to build it themselves.
While leaders like Charles Haughey and Garret FitzGerald bestrode the national stage as political and intellectual giants, today Micheál Martin and Simon Harris work hard to imitate leadership.
To put this in context, that total funding equates to an annual budget of over €220,000 for every child in Tusla’s care.
The biggest reason why Harris should have avoided Finance is that Prudent Paschal was not in the least bit prudent.
The health budget for next year alone – before the HSE’s inevitable cost over-runs, mind you – is at a record level of over €27billion.
Mockery or genius?