We can’t say things are getting worse in Ireland

Richard Barton is right to criticise the Minister for Health for the faults of the health service ( Letters, November 7). 

But his statements that ‘Ireland is disappearing down the plughole’ and ‘everything is getting worse’ do not accord with facts.

Such exaggerations undermine the merits of his letter.

A Leavy

1 Shielmartin Drive

Sutton

Dublin 13