FG leader wants drunks out of A&E — what’s so unethical about that?

FINE Gael leader Enda Kenny said recently that his party in Government would get drunks and their hangers-on out of A&Es, hit the pockets of those who are abusing the system and make room for patients who are genuinely deserving of treatment.

This is an eminently sensible proposal, and the response of the Government parties was a testament to this.

The Junior Minister for Health, Tim O’Malley, who is a PD member was quick to denounce the idea as “a perversion of medical ethics”.