Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This sounds to me like a perfect pen picture of how dysfunctional the health service is. Many people listening in will pause for reflection when they hear that ten of the hospital's complement of 200 consultants are solely dedicated to public medicine. I am setting the scene for my questioning. In applauding and acknowledging the work done by the medics and medical staff of the hospital, this is no way to organise our health services.

I ask Mr. O'Brien to remind the committee for how long he sought from the gentlemen before us information in respect of top-up payments.