The delay in getting things set up in the community is causing difficulty. In particular, elderly services are being forgotten about. I have mentioned that in some areas we are having difficulty getting permanent contracts for radiographers and we have issues with community paramedics. These are all aspects of community healthcare which we believe need to be developed and which are taking far too long. We need to sit down and develop them.

SIPTU has frustration with a range of issues. As we mentioned in our submission, many outstanding reports and reviews have not been dealt with. We go through the process of getting a review, but the implementation is stalled.