WATCH: 'We want to deal with the real issues facing real people' - Micheál Martin
Tony Gavin
Mr Martin outlined health measures his party want to see in the Budget including increased funding for the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to help cut hospital waiting lists and €55m for mental health services. He spoke outside Fianna Fáil Think In at The Grand Hotel Malahide yesterday.
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