Mr. Bernard Gloster:

On the overall issue of why people are frustrated in the cost of the health service, we have a high pay cost economy. That is probably a good thing for the citizens who work here. Sometimes we talk about the Irish health system as if we were the complete laggards in terms of the international experience. Between January and December of last year, we had removed 85% of people who were on the list at the start of the year. That is pretty unprecedented in most jurisdictions. Ireland has the best life expectancy outcome. Ireland has some of the best outcomes from chronic disease and the traditional killers, including cardiovascular disease. We still have a way to go but Dr. Henry would probably articulate it much better than I could. We actually do not have a bad healthcare system. What we are fundamentally challenged by is the amount of access that is needed versus the amount of capability we have to respond.