Comments on: The Naughton Letter to the Michael Martin in 2002 re: Breast Care in Portlaoise http://www.irishelection.com/2008/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:43:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Irish Election » Serendipity - Health Debates and Health Cuts http://www.irishelection.com/2008/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/comment-page-1/#comment-63547 Irish Election » Serendipity - Health Debates and Health Cuts Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:07:35 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/#comment-63547 [...] a motion on the three reports from last week into Port Laoise, the one that gave rise to the Naughton letter and entered ’systems-failure’ in the political lexicon by failing patients in a [...] [...] a motion on the three reports from last week into Port Laoise, the one that gave rise to the Naughton letter and entered ’systems-failure’ in the political lexicon by failing patients in a [...]

]]> By: sos http://www.irishelection.com/2008/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/comment-page-1/#comment-63340 sos Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:31:34 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/#comment-63340 The damage was done on Martin's watch. He was warned of the problem, on several occasions - and did nothing. Mary Harney has been trying to clean up his mess since she took over. Martin is just like Cullen; O'Rourke; Bertie Ahern & Woods. Fianna Fail has produced a stable of incompetents that ought never to have been given ministerial positions. They just don't have what is necessary - skills; competence & common sense. All wind & piss - like the Barber's Cat! The damage was done on Martin’s watch.

He was warned of the problem, on several occasions – and did nothing.

Mary Harney has been trying to clean up his mess since she took over.

Martin is just like Cullen; O’Rourke; Bertie Ahern & Woods.

Fianna Fail has produced a stable of incompetents that ought never to have been given ministerial positions.

They just don’t have what is necessary – skills; competence & common sense.

All wind & piss – like the Barber’s Cat!

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.irishelection.com/2008/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/comment-page-1/#comment-63337 Dan Sullivan Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:04:28 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/#comment-63337 What I can't get over is seeing Harney speaking on Prime Time tonight (why does she get to be interviewed away from the studio, is she the Queen of Ireland now?) saying that the cancer services today are not adequate or safe, but magically they will be after "the plan" is implemented. So she has been over a decade in a government that according to her did essentially nothing and left us today with cancer services that are inadequate and unsafe. I acknowledge that running the economy is a big and important job but we have ministers with specific areas of responsibility for a reason so the government can do more than one thing at a time. Instead of reforming and changing the health service FF and the PDs just throw money at it because it was the easy thing to do and we had more of it than they had expected. I did the post below in November I still think it is relevant. http://dansullivan.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-someone-has-to-resign-mary-harney.html What I can’t get over is seeing Harney speaking on Prime Time tonight (why does she get to be interviewed away from the studio, is she the Queen of Ireland now?) saying that the cancer services today are not adequate or safe, but magically they will be after “the plan” is implemented. So she has been over a decade in a government that according to her did essentially nothing and left us today with cancer services that are inadequate and unsafe. I acknowledge that running the economy is a big and important job but we have ministers with specific areas of responsibility for a reason so the government can do more than one thing at a time. Instead of reforming and changing the health service FF and the PDs just throw money at it because it was the easy thing to do and we had more of it than they had expected. I did the post below in November I still think it is relevant.

http://dansullivan.blogspot.com/2007/11/why-someone-has-to-resign-mary-harney.html

]]> By: sos http://www.irishelection.com/2008/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/comment-page-1/#comment-63335 sos Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:51:21 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/#comment-63335 For some time it has been obvious that the root cause of the current mess in Health lay with Micheal Martin, who dissipated his time, as Minister of Health, pursuing his mission to abolish smoking. This one-trick-pony ignored all the serious issues, which on a daily basis were being presented to him. In his negative, missionary zeal, which has had a modest success, he failed to address far more serious issues, ignoring good advice and plunging on, headlong, trumpeting his mission at every possible opportunity. He got his way; the licensed trade is in tatters, young people still smoke, albeit in freezing condition in the street and the revenue from excise duty has plunged. A Pyrrhic Victory. Mary Harney, in contradistinction, has done a terrific job, applying herself, with total commitment and enormous energy, in trying to clear up the mess that took place on Martin's watch. Time to own up & Bertie Ahern might exercise a little more support for his present Minister of Health and stop covering for up for the likes of fellow Fianna Failure, Micheal (All Mouth) Martin. A bone head incompetent with or without the fada. For some time it has been obvious that the root cause of the current mess in Health lay with Micheal Martin, who dissipated his time, as Minister of Health, pursuing his mission to abolish smoking.

This one-trick-pony ignored all the serious issues, which on a daily basis were being presented to him.

In his negative, missionary zeal, which has had a modest success, he failed to address far more serious issues, ignoring good advice and plunging on, headlong, trumpeting his mission at every possible opportunity.

He got his way; the licensed trade is in tatters, young people still smoke, albeit in freezing condition in the street and the revenue from excise duty has plunged.

A Pyrrhic Victory.

Mary Harney, in contradistinction, has done a terrific job, applying herself, with total commitment and enormous energy, in trying to clear up the mess that took place on Martin’s watch.

Time to own up & Bertie Ahern might exercise a little more support for his present Minister of Health and stop covering for up for the likes of fellow Fianna Failure, Micheal (All Mouth) Martin.

A bone head incompetent with or without the fada.

]]> By: The Bad Ambassador http://www.irishelection.com/2008/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/comment-page-1/#comment-63328 The Bad Ambassador Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:57:31 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/03/the-naughton-letter-to-the-michael-martin-in-2002-re-breast-care-in-portlaoise/#comment-63328 Great post. Allow me, if I may, to link to <a href="http://thebadambassador.blogspot.com/2007/11/cancer-screening-again.html" rel="nofollow">a post of my own</a> which contains the text of an article written for the Irish Times by Fintan O'Toole when the shortcomings of the cancer screen program first came to light. It is well worth the read. Great post.

Allow me, if I may, to link to a post of my own which contains the text of an article written for the Irish Times by Fintan O’Toole when the shortcomings of the cancer screen program first came to light.

It is well worth the read.

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