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

The only problem is that we do not attend the meetings where these goodies, these necessities, are handed out. Who is the person we need to talk to? I know the head of the HSE is one of the people we need to talk to and we will talk to him, but it is very easy to say "Look, it is the embargo. We cannot do anything." It is not the embargo. It is the order of importance along with all the other demands that have to be faced at a given time. What I am trying to do is to get at who we need to talk to, where that person is now and what action was taken. The Neurological Alliance of Ireland obviously made its case well in advance and then action took place. However, the position now emerging is that there has been a lot of unanticipated spending on other areas. How did they get by?