Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have an observation. There are 680,000 people on one waiting list or another. They are primarily public patients. That is out of a population of approximately 2.7 million people. For those people who are going through inordinate delays and in many cases suffering, the information in the "Prime Time" programme would exacerbate their difficulties. They would feel like second-class citizens in this republic. At the very least, the delegates must ensure there is full compliance with those contracts and sanctions if not to ensure that people who are on waiting lists do not feel they are second-class citizens.