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Further clashes in Dail over Budget 2024

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Further clashes in Dail over Budget 2024

There’s been further clashes in the Dail this afternoon between Donegal Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty and Tánaiste Michael Martin over Budget 2024.

 

During leader’s questions this afternoon, Deputy Pearse Doherty accused the Government of ‘throwing in the towel’ over underfunding the health system after no allocation was made for extra hospital beds in the Budget.

 

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This was contested by the Tánaiste and he outlined how we are just emerging from the pandemic which continues to impact the health service.

 

When Deputy Doherty started interjecting, Michael Martin says shouting and roaring doesn’t resolve anything: