Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am quite sure what I mean. I am not criticising Mr. Fraser or anybody else but I am saying this. It is an item of futility if we are going to spend our time talking around the subject but never getting anywhere. We are going very close to that at present. We are going very close to it in the Department of Health. For example, nobody responsible, with the exception of your good self, wants to come before the committee to talk about the issue. This is despite the fact that everybody knows there is an urgent need to deal with health service issues now and that whatever can be done needs to be done as a matter of urgency. The question remains. Are we all on the same hymn sheet on this one? Are we moving towards dealing with the issue or are we going to spend our time talking about the appointment or the failure to appoint or whatever the case might be?