Maria Byrne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and the witnesses. Returning to the HIQA report, when is that report due? I believe that a city centre or other central location where nurses' stations can see the patients from where they are situated might be worth looking at that. That is my first question.

With regard to consultant contracts, I understand some consultants work on a part-time basis because they have other responsibilities. Is UHL going to look towards 24-7 consultant contracts, similar to what they have in America, where people are on eight-hour shifts, such that there are consultants there constantly? It certainly might help the situation if there were consultants, triage staff and protocols there.