Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask some very specific questions. Mr. Walsh said he hopes to get the plan by Christmas. A question ran through my mind: which Christmas? When large bodies such as the HSE set out to draw up a plan, they go around all the different sections. The slowest section holds up the other 99%. Will Mr. Walsh ensure that whatever is drawn up by 23 December will be given to the Department? If necessary, will the Department release the plan with blank pages, explaining that it is because some sections did not come up with their plans? Will it go ahead with the rest, shaming the sections in question to get it done quickly? In other sectors, I have seen years spent trying to get plans together and further years spent trying to get them implemented. It is better to have a plan, even if it is not 100% complete on the first day, and to start implementing it immediately. There can then be an improved second plan. We can call this the first interim action plan. Can we get this on the desk by 1 January 2020? We need it urgently.