Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Looking back over the past 14 months, are there any regulations the witnesses would not have put in place or that they feel were totally unnecessary? My second question concerns the announcement of changes. When new regulations came into place was sufficient time given for people to become aware of the change that would occur, such as, for example, where a change was made after 6 p.m. and came into force the following day or at midnight? Are the witnesses of the view that there should have been better communication about the timeframe in which a new set of rules comes into place?

I refer to the challenge in the context of mental health. Is there now a problem with getting people to work in the area? Will there be challenges over the next four years in getting a sufficient number of people to work in the area?