Eugene Murphy (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It would make sense for them to meet the regional health forum and the representatives on it before they come here. If the committee agrees, I have no difficulty taking the petitioners but we should remember that we will have dozens of these requests once we take one. We will have them coming from all over the country because there are similar problems all over the country. I am not saying we should not give some people a hearing but we will create a big work issue trying to accommodate everybody on this committee. We need to be careful and wary of how we do it. I am only saying that the Deputy should find out if the groups have met the regional health forum. If they have and nothing has come out of that, I am sure we can agree to take a small number of representatives of the groups.