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

Yes. If we stay silent on an issue, how are people to know there is a problem there?

Last of all, the group's survey says one in nine people accesses services through a TD. That is an indication the system does not work because TDs are not the way for people to get medical supports or assessments. It is wrong the system relies on TDs and that needs to change as well. It should happen through people's GPs or through medical services and not through a politician who knows absolutely nothing, or very little, about the system.

We will go back to Deputy Shortall now.