David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The next part I took from the opening statement concerned where it was stated that: "Respondent hospital doctors appeared to waste considerable time and energy struggling with difficult working conditions, inefficient systems and challenging workplace relationships." It went on to refer to one respondent speaking of "hand-to-hand’ combat with the system. I again ask for examples of those difficult working conditions and the inefficient systems. Capacity is one of the issues, but are we talking in this context about hospital equipment, having the equipment needed to do the job, resources, support or oversight, or is it all those factors? I ask the witnesses to give us some examples of the inefficiencies referred to and the difficult working conditions, aside from the issue of pay, that have been encountered and related issues in that context. I also ask them to comment on the challenging workplace relationships.