Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I do not think we need to jump into a solution but one needs to be found. The review is key to that as are its nature and time limits. It needs to dawn on people very soon that we need to communicate with the public and for there to be a strategy of saying that the State has money, and they ought to come forward, because we know they are struggling. That must be a huge part of it.

I regret that there has been change so often and that experience has been lost. Experience has been utterly lost along the line. I do not blame the witnesses for that. Decisions were made that resulted in a loss of experience.