Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The short answer is that I agree with the Deputy. I agree with the Sláintecare recommendation. I agree with her point when it comes to the health service and the wider public sector. It is something that should be considered in the next programme for Government, whoever may be putting that together. Again, I am not an employment lawyer, but I have learned more about it over the past few years. The burden on the employer or the balance of rights or whatever the appropriate way to describe it is does make accountability difficult. I agree with the Deputy's point.

I will make two follow-on points, one of which is that it is still possible. As we are seeing in UHL, there are now six disciplinary processes under way, but it is a very legalistic and slow process.