Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I was struck by the observation that patients tend to be forgotten about - out of sight, out of mind - once they are discharged. Ms O'Shea referred to the quality of how a person survives thereafter being dependent on support. That is the big gap - the lack of community care and follow-up. Whatever about the challenges in the hospital system, the huge challenge is the lack of community supports in that regard.