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

One Minister is actively pursuing the issues to which Ms Rogers has referred, to her frustration, I would say, at this stage. Again, it comes down to the same issue. It is not the embargo. It is something else. There is something else that needs to be addressed and that is in the overall situation whereby everyone lines up to make their case. That is the natural thing and it has to be done. We accept all that. However, because of the fundamental nature of the services to which Ms Rogers refers, there is a need to have something really sufficient brought forward for two reasons. The first is to give hope to those who are waiting for such services, and the second, from the point of view of the alliance and the people who are suffering, to let them know that someone is listening to their case and to tell them this is how we intend to deal with it. Then we can go back again to all the other services. I have no doubt they are all vital services. I have also no doubt that there are some services which got a response in line with their expectations and others which did not, but it is the patients who suffer in the long run, and in the short term sometimes as well. If Ms Rogers were to tell us now the most important thing from her point of view, we will highlight this and pursue it. I realise not everybody is in the committee room but I am sure people are looking in and listening. We need to know what we have to do specifically at this stage, in recognising the point that Ms Rogers has made and the fact that some areas have reasonably good service while others have poor service or none at all. We need to address that as a matter of urgency. Anything more Ms. Rogers can say on that is important to us.