Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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I was very taken by the witnesses' commentary on the necessity for this committee to point a direction as regards the future of health care. That is the massive challenge we have. There is a need for us to be realistic about what we can achieve. We will have to set out a framework, give guidance and point in a certain direction as regards a plan for the next ten years or more. There is also a need for consistency in political thought and direction, which we probably have not had for many decades. We spoke earlier about the fact that there is a kind of consensus on the need for some form of universal solution or plan. When we talk about universality, what does that mean to the witnesses as regards the type of services that would be available under a plan that we would direct and put forward, that would be realistic, meet expectations and be optimum?