Feargal Quinn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will add a word or two to what Senator Barrett has said because I can understand exactly the point he has made, which he has made on so many other occasions. There was a great deal of discussion here about the medical profession, the Department of Health and the HSE but very little mention of the customers - the patients themselves. I do not hear them mentioned. To a very large degree, the discussion was about running the health service but there was not enough reference to the customers. I believe Senator Barrett has just touched on that topic and that this is what we must do. We must find some way of focusing attention on those who need this service rather than on those who provide it.