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

We are talking around the answer to my question all right but I have not yet seen or heard that if we had more of X,Y and Z we could do greater things. Of course, we could. At the same time, we have an expensive health service, without doubt. It is supposed to operate. There are elements of the health services that operate very well to the highest possible standard and to international standards. We could be, would be and are the envy of other countries but there are awful glitches in the system, for instance, in the Limerick area but also in general. Having embraced Sláintecare, we now need to have the elements of Sláintecare implemented in such a way as to ensure that delivery is evident to everybody. Whatever part of the country they may come from, the patient is entitled to that universal treatment. If there is one board for the whole country, then the patient is entitled to that treatment. I am not certain that we are on the route to it yet. I would be interested in hearing comments as to how the witnesses see the measures that need to be taken now that will have an immediate impact of such a nature as to give the public the recognition that something is being done. Are there any takers?