Mr. Stephen Mulvany:

It does. It is an intractable problem; it is a problem across many jurisdictions, not a problem unique to Ireland. I am not just saying that because it suits me. That does not mean that we are not trying to improve; we are. The longer term solutions are about the size and shape of the health service and having more investment in hospitals and particularly strengthening our community care services. That is what Sláintecare is about. The job today is to improve it as much as we can with what we have available and help staff to do that; they absolutely want to do so.