Marie Louise O'Donnell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is also partly that, as people point out to us all the time, we are not really operating the Nordic model. Mr. Creedon has a very good point. Pilots are very good. It is a very good and wonderful use of resources. Creativity, action, outreach and tangents were put into it. Now it has come to an end. Did Mr. Creedon not make a good point? We need to take those tangents and all the learning and bring them somewhere else. We need to bring them throughout the country as well as all the other things we are doing. When we stop these initiatives there is a reversion to type. I take the points Mr. Corcoran has made. However, if we are seeing a rise again, even with the economy turning around, then perhaps we should be more definite about how we implement what Mr. Creedon is suggesting. I saw him look aghast at one of the things Mr. Corcoran said. He was not looking aghast at Mr. Corcoran as such; he looked off into the distance.