Mr. John Farrelly:

It is the same for many people in the public service. Everybody else has managed to give it a go since 2012 across the different areas. It is interesting that it seems to be absent. From our perspective, the idea of connecting everybody together is important as it is not just individuals but teams. Particularly when one is under-resourced and struggling, that is the time one meets a couple of times a year with one’s manager to connect on what is achievable and not.

One of the first pillars of Sláintecare implementation this year was to look at that area which was due to happen either in this or the previous quarter. I appreciate that it is difficult for people. However, unless one gets that time to think about things and connect them, one will always be scrambling. It is tricky but it is not meant to be draconian tool.