Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

My general observation is that there has been a kind of industry of meetings and there has been very poor communication. The culture has been very internally focused with the patient on the outside. That is my impression. It was interesting that last night, when we were talking to Ms Vicky Phelan and Mr. Stephen Teap, they were looking for the patient to be at the centre of our health service. That is the only way it is going to be reformed. Doing that will be a mammoth task judging by what we are seeing here. There are so many other areas we could explore in the health service but this one area is certainly shining a light on the processes, the culture and all of that. It is a mountain that needs to be climbed and climbed quickly.