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

Why do we not see the evidence of that now? There are some regions throughout the country that seem to have a good turnaround, insofar as access to EDs is concerned and no major overcrowding, whereas more of them have a serious problem that keeps recurring again and again. In the event of there being a national board or organisation, as Dr. Burke has mentioned, the HSE is supposed to extend its realm all over the country to all areas and regions, including Dublin, and have a reasonably high quality of service in all. We are not getting that at the moment. My question simply is this: what actions need to be taken now to prevent the kind of things we are experiencing in the regions?