Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour) | Oireachtas source

It looks like the complaints process will have to be changed. I will address that point to the Minister. A volte-face will be needed after what has been revealed. I am concerned. There are two ways of looking at this, either as a deep concern or as a good thing. We do not have enough consultants and they are overworked and overstretched. The hours they are working are insane, as are the conditions in which they work and the way many of them are treated, yet the number of complaints referred to the Medical Council is static.