John Brassil (Kerry, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Mr. Reaney might send me on the details of the counselling recruitment service. I thank him for his comprehensive answers. I will probably talk offline because I do not want to take up so much time but one third having the staff means that two thirds do not have it so there is a big challenge there. This committee should focus on setting a target for getting all the areas to full staff levels. If we succeeded in doing that alone, we would have done a very good job. I asked a question about the link with primary care and Mr. Reaney gave a very professional answer that there is work to be done there. There is probably very good work but that is a huge area in which we really need to improve. Sometimes it is the system. It is not the fault of any one person. In respect of improving it and the link between those services, if we did everything we could as a committee to work towards helping the CHOs achieve that, we would be doing a lot of good work.