Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am not here to ask about pay. What really concerns me as a politician and as someone who represents taxpayers in my constituency is what the stumbling the blocks in the HSE are when it comes to the delivery of service. One major stumbling block is that we have a huge cohort of disgruntled senior staff who have been waiting for far too long for an award to be made to them, which was approved by the Government. Some people in the organisation are getting pay increases. Others are not. This amounts to dysfunction within management. Within any walk of life, one can be sure that kind of division permeates into all levels. It ensures that the organisation is not going in the direction that it needs to be going in. Many people are following this today. Mr. Reid and Mr. Watt are at the helm of the HSE. They need to give hope that there will be action on this and some internal review arising from today. It is a factor in the HSE coming up short.