Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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If the Deputy waits, she will find out.

The point that I wanted to make is that we need to know now – we need an honest opinion – whether we can be assured that we will find in two or four weeks time an improvement in the situation sufficient to allow us to say that we are moving in the right direction. Alternatively, we could find in two or three weeks that we have another problem that we did not see beforehand. In that case we would be in a worse situation. Worse still, public confidence in the system will have diminished in the intervening period and that must be dealt with. It is now a crucial and critical issue.

Excuse me for coughing, Chairman. I also have a cold. You might be able to administer something before the meeting is over.