John Dolan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Some of us are the fresh legs for the second half and did not appreciate that fact. Senator Buckley mentioned some health services that are at the core. This health issue must eyeball other parts of Ireland's public service. The education of kids is the education of all kids, employment is for all and public transport and income supports are for all. The health sector must get its mojo going and stop being on the back foot all the time. The Health Service Executive could start to warehouse people for the rest of their lives or instead other Departments and entities could get a move on in considering how to get involved. That is whether people are involved full-time, part-time, in jobs or community activities etc. That relates to the prevention aspect mentioned by Deputy Buckley. We can stop, slow down and ameliorate things but it is about where a person has mojo or whatever, with confidence built up. That often happens by seeing other people who have gone through the process or where families have capacity. If a family has capacity, whether there are one or two parents, regardless of issue, the doctor or voluntary and State organisations do not get put under pressure. There must be capacity in families and support entities, particularly smaller groups of all kinds. They can be bedraggled in how they operate. They are often who gets called and who offers invisible support.

Deputy O'Reilly referred to co-operation and co-ordination. In a sense I have exercised that a bit in some of the comments. There is genuinely territory that we have not explored at all. We might have different views about it at the end of the day but there is a whole area of the pitch we have not gone near in solving this.