Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I do not mean to cut across Professor Murray. This morning, we are trying to have a conversation about specialists being registered and it moves off to why it is so difficult to hire doctors. I do not mean to cut across Professor Murray but, in the interests of time, can I get an answer to the question?

I do not want to get into a conversation on why it is hard to hire doctors. I know the reasons and acknowledge it is a very important conversation. Who has the responsibility in this country to make sure that when a member of the public goes to see his or her consultant, that the consultant is, in fact, a registered consultant or specialist?