Tom Clonan (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I agree completely but it is because we find ourselves in this extreme situation that I have to ask that awful question. Of course it should not be a medical model, but we are in an absolute extreme. We have been without a meaningful intervention for in excess of ten years. The only interventions we get are those that measure deterioration. It would be an interesting clinical study. Ireland must be the only country in Europe where this happens. This is not Dr. Lynch's fault or the fault of anyone here; it is a situation we have inherited. That is the reason I asked such a stark, obtuse question and I apologise for that.