Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The committee should also write to the Minister for Health to bring to his attention the discussions that took place here, the need to co-ordinate efforts to tackle the problem referred to and also waiting lists. The waiting list is a real bugbear. People should not be on a waiting list. Their condition could get worse and become irreversible in the meantime. Given that we have the expertise readily available in both the public and private sectors, why not access it?