Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

They have to engage in the process. They have to want it and they will have to do a certain amount of work themselves. Very clear criteria were laid down at the start of the process. The institutions in three parts of the country that decided to engage in the process did so knowing the criteria they had to reach, knowing that merger was part of it, knowing that they had to reach a certain level before they could get to the next stage and knowing exactly what was required. To sit back and say we cannot do it will not achieve anything for anybody.