John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Both organisations, and indeed the other organisations involved, have to put aside that jealousy, as Mr. McDonnell calls it, or sense of ownership of their members and that tendency to act in a silo in order to deal with the very real problems that now exist for all of their members, and even for those who are not members, throughout the country. How often have the witnesses' organisations met with Government Ministers, the Taoiseach or senior officials on all the issues they have put before us today?