Health service cutbacks

Madam, - In the 1980s Fianna Fáil plastered the country with posters and billboards declaring "Health cuts hurt the old, the…

Madam, - In the 1980s Fianna Fáil plastered the country with posters and billboards declaring "Health cuts hurt the old, the sick and the elderly". Will the Taoiseach now call on the Minister for Health to resign for failing to learn this basic lesson and for making public comments to the contrary? Will he also call on Prof Drumm to resign? Despite being given an €80,000 bonus, he too hasn't learned this lesson. - Yours, etc,

PETER LYDON, Woodford Drive, Clondalkin, Dublin 22.