Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I mention the community approach and one of the problems I am finding with it is that it is a Monday to Friday approach. There is a need to also develop a service that is available at weekends. I am not talking about a full service but some service should be available at weekends because if somebody has a difficulty during a weekend the next step is to go straight into the accident and emergency department and to then have a period of time detained in hospital or to have to stay in a hospital. Whereas if someone was working on the ground, that might not have to happen.