Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour)
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Their work is very important. Sometimes when we come in here, and I am guilty of it myself, we see the flaws in a situation. I know nothing about management, I do not pretend to know anything about management and I probably do not think a lot about management, no disrespect to them. I care about the very dedicated people who work in the sector, and I know some of them because they live in my neighbourhood. It should always be acknowledged that the job is very stressful both physically and mentally.

I was waiting to see if anyone else would mention the following. I welcome the honest comment about legacy issues made by the delegation. Anyone who tuned into this debate early on will have realised that it was never going to be easy to condense nine providers without people refusing to surrender territories and thus slowing up the process. HIQA has said it as it is but some of us in here might go a little further. The difficulty in moving forward during the ten years has been rooted in a refusal to co-operate. I am glad that HIQA highlighted the matter in its report in an open and honest manner because that is the crux of the problem.