Lorraine Clifford-Lee (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their opening statements. While they may have been brief, they were impactful and powerful. I appreciate the passion with which they were delivered. We all heard the message loud and clear to the effect that there is a real problem in our health settings. That is completely unacceptable. It is unacceptable that the members of a workforce that is female in the majority are going to work on a daily basis and facing assault. Some of the examples Ms Chambers gave are horrifying. She stated that a number of her colleagues have left emergency departments in recent months. Have they left nursing or have they moved to other areas of the health service?