Ms Marie McMahon:

I thank the Deputy for that. It is good to know we have the support of the committee. It is hard. As the Deputy said, we all do work well together. We have not had any major falling-outs yet. We are very united in our aims. At the end of the day we have all suffered the same fate at various levels. We have a common goal and that is to get what is best not just for ourselves but for our families, neighbours and friends.

As I said earlier, when people say they do not want to go to UHL or to Limerick and would rather die in their beds at home, then we have a problem.

There is something else I want to add that I did not say earlier, which is that the workers in UHL are amazing. I cannot praise the workers in Shannondoc enough. They come under the brunt of it. They are the front-line staff and they are the ones who have to put up with people understandably being angry. Unfortunately, however, the people who are the decision-makers, and we will go back to the clinical experts, do not have to stand and account for it. It is the workers who are taking the brunt of it. Last Christmas, God only knows what the workers went through. I know the ones at Shannondoc were pulling their hair out. We have their backs as well. We want it for everybody. Of course, there will be times when we all get frustrated but this is a constant thing; it is ongoing. I just needed to mention the workers as well. We appreciate all they do and the sacrifices they make. It is not easy. We know they support us as well and that is great.