DONEGAL TD Dr Jim McDaid has threatened to vote against the budget in December unless his local Letterkenny General Hospital is protected from cuts.
“I cannot stand for it if these services are being cut. We cannot stand over it as public representatives — we have to make our voices heard,” he told the Donegal Democrat newspaper.
“I will not be voting for the budget on an issue where we were not consulted.”
Speaking last night, The Donegal North-East TD said if the issue was not resolved he would not be voting for the budget.
He has been without the Fianna Fáil whip since he abstained in a vote on the cervical cancer vaccination programme in 2008.
