Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

It was because of its administrative delays. We need to tackle that very urgently. Looking through the ones that were not filled, there were five specialist nurses for MS, for example. Other positions were not filled in respect of Parkinson's disease, other neuromuscular conditions and Huntington's disease. Two are missing for epilepsy. The number of people impacted by the failure of the HSE is enormous and the quality of their lives is massively impacted.